Fortinet FortiGate 100F

Overview

The Fortinet FG-100F (part of the FortiGate 100F Series) is a next-generation firewall appliance designed for mid-sized to large enterprise branch or campus deployments. It combines high-performance networking with advanced security and SD-WAN capabilities in a single device. With a purpose-built security-processor (SPU) architecture and AI/ML-driven threat intelligence, it delivers superior throughput, deep visibility into applications, users and devices, and consolidated security functions (firewall, IPS, NGFW, threat protection, VPN). Its flexible interface composition, dual power supplies (for redundancy), and Smart-WAN/SD-WAN features make it suitable for distributed networks requiring both strong connectivity and strong protection.

Features

• High-performance NGFW and Secure SD-WAN in one appliance, enabling application-aware routing, WAN path control, and consolidation of networking and security functions.
• Purpose-built SPU (security processor) architecture to deliver ultra-low latency and high throughput for encrypted and unencrypted traffic.
• AI/ML-powered threat protection: identifies thousands of applications inside network traffic, inspects encrypted traffic, prevents known and unknown attacks using continuous threat intelligence.
• Deep visibility into users, devices and applications as part of the Fortinet Security Fabric approach, enabling segmentation, IoT discovery, and unified management.
• Extensive connectivity options: multiple GE RJ-45 ports, SFP ports, 10 Gb SFP+ ports, enabling flexible deployment in various environments.
• Robust VPN capability (IPsec and SSL), supporting large numbers of tunnels and high throughput, making it suitable for branch-to-branch or remote-user deployment.
• High reliability and redundancy: supports dual power supplies, supports high-availability configurations (active-active, active-passive) for critical networks.
• Simplified management: Zero-Touch Provisioning, integration with central management console, and pre-defined compliance checklists for deployment best practices.

Specifications

Below is a summary of the key technical specifications for the FortiGate 100F Series (FG-100F).

Performance & Capacity

• IPv4 Firewall Throughput (1518/512/64-byte UDP): ~20 Gbps / 18 Gbps / 10 Gbps.
• IPS Throughput (Enterprise mix): ~2.6 Gbps.
• NGFW Throughput: ~1.6 Gbps.
• Threat Protection Throughput: ~1 Gbps.
• Firewall Latency (64-byte UDP): ~4.97 µs.
• Packet-per-second (64-byte): ~15 Mpps.
• Concurrent Sessions (TCP): ~1.5 million.
• New Sessions/Second (TCP): ~56,000.
• IPsec VPN Throughput (512-byte): ~11.5 Gbps.
• Recommended Maximum SSL-VPN Users (Tunnel Mode): ~500.

Interfaces & Form Factor

• 22 GE RJ-45 ports (including 2 WAN ports, 1 DMZ port, 1 Management port, 2 HA ports, 16 switch ports) plus 4 SFP ports and 2×10 Gb SFP+ FortiLink ports.
• Form Factor: 1U rack-mountable (Height: 1.73″ / 44 mm; Width: 17″ / 432 mm; Depth: 10″ / 254 mm). Weight ~3.29 kg (7.25 lb).
• Dual internal power supplies (for redundancy).

Security & VPN Capabilities

• Application Control, SSL Inspection, IPsec & SSL VPN support.
• Encryption: AES-256, SHA-256, support for TLS 1.3 deep inspection.

Management & Other

• Virtual Domains (VDOMs) default/maximum: 10/10.
• Maximum supported FortiSwitches: 32. Maximum supported FortiAPs: 128 (64 Tunnel).

Power & Environmental

• Power Consumption (Operational): ~26.5 W.
• Voltage Required: AC 100-240 V (50/60 Hz).