Description
Fortinet FortiGate 1100E Series (FG-1100E / FG-1101E / FG-1100E-DC)
“Core / DC edge NGFW with 40G + 25G uplinks, big policy scale, and strong SSL inspection—at a lower tier than 1000F.”
This is a great fit when you need high-speed segmentation at the core (40G/25G), but don’t need 100G QSFP28 like the 1000F.
At-a-glance performance (Enterprise Traffic Mix)
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IPS: 12.5 Gbps
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NGFW: 9.8 Gbps
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Threat Protection: 7.11 Gbps
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SSL Inspection (IPS avg HTTPS): 10 Gbps
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IPsec VPN (512B): 48 Gbps
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SSL-VPN: 8.4 Gbps
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Recommended concurrent SSL-VPN users: 10,000
What that means: strong “real-world security stack” performance (IPS/NGFW/Threat), and excellent SSL inspection for the class.
Ports & interfaces (what you’re really buying)
Front-panel connectivity:
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2 × 40GE QSFP+
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4 × 25GE SFP28 (also supports 10GE SFP+ / GE SFP)
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4 × 10GE SFP+ (also supports GE SFP)
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8 × GE SFP
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16 × GE RJ45
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2 × GE RJ45 MGMT/HA
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Console + USB
Why it matters: you can build a clean core/DC edge design with 40G uplinks + 25G distribution and still have plenty of 1G copper + 1G fibre for mixed environments.
Scale & capacity (enterprise-ready numbers)
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IPv4 firewall throughput (1518/512/64 UDP): 80 / 80 / 45 Gbps
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Latency (64B UDP): 2.76 μs
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Firewall throughput: 67.5 Mpps
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Concurrent sessions: 8 million
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New sessions/sec: 500,000
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Firewall policies: 100,000
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VDOMs: 10 default / 250 max
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IPsec tunnels (G2G): 20,000
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IPsec tunnels (Client): 100,000
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Max FortiAPs: 4096 total / 2048 tunnel
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Max FortiSwitches: 196
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FortiTokens: 20,000
Hardware notes
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SPU acceleration: NP6 + CP9
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Form factor: 2RU
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Redundant PSU: Yes (dual hot-swappable)
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DC option available (FG-1100E-DC)
Model differences (SKU choice)
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FG-1100E: no onboard SSD
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FG-1101E: 2 × 480GB SSD (960GB total)
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FG-1100E-DC: DC power model (no SSD)
View data sheet: FortiGate 1100E Series Data Sheet
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