Description
Fortinet FortiGate 100F Series (FG-100F / FG-101F / HA SKUs)
Branch / mid-market NGFW + Secure SD-WAN + Segmentation in 1RU, with lots of copper + 10G FortiLink uplinks.
The FortiGate 100F Series is a strong fit for:
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SMB / mid-market head offices and branches
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Secure SD-WAN (multi-WAN, application steering)
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All-in-one edge: NGFW + IPS + SSL inspection + segmentation
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Sites that want many RJ45 ports + 10G FortiLink for FortiSwitch integration
At-a-glance performance (Enterprise Traffic Mix)
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IPS: 2.6 Gbps
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NGFW: 1.6 Gbps
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Threat Protection: 1.0 Gbps
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SSL Inspection (IPS avg HTTPS): 1.0 Gbps
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IPsec VPN (512B): 11.5 Gbps
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SSL-VPN: 1.0 Gbps
Plain English: good for branch workloads and moderate inspection, but not a data centre throughput box like 200G/700G/900G.
Ports & interfaces (what customers care about)
From the hardware + ordering section you pasted:
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22 x GE RJ45 total (includes 2x WAN, DMZ, Mgmt, 2x HA, and 16x switch ports)
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4 x GE SFP
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2 x 10GE SFP+ FortiLink (default)
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4 x GE RJ45/SFP shared media pairs (handy flexibility)
This is a great edge aggregation layout: lots of copper ports for users/APs/switch uplinks plus 10G for FortiLink.
Model differences (important for SKU selection)
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FG-100F: no onboard storage
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FG-101F: 1x 480GB SSD (useful for local logging / reporting scenarios)
HA SKU:
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FG-100F-HA: must be purchased in pairs, and enables a single service contract to cover the HA pair (per the text you provided).
Core capacity & scale
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Firewall throughput (1518/512/64 UDP): 20 / 18 / 10 Gbps
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Concurrent sessions: 1.5 million
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New sessions/sec: 56,000
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Firewall policies: 10,000
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VDOMs: 10 / 10
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FortiSwitch support: 32
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FortiAP support: 128 total / 64 tunnel
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Recommended SSL-VPN users: 500
Hardware notes
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Uses Secure SD-WAN ASIC SP4 (Fortinet acceleration for app ID/steering + IPsec + SSL inspection improvements)
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Dual AC power supplies, but non-hot swappable (still redundant, just not swap live)
View data sheet: FortiGate 100F Series Data Sheet