Description
Fortinet FortiGate 200F Series (FG-200F / FG-201F)
Mid-range branch / campus edge NGFW + Secure SD-WAN + segmentation in 1RU, with lots of ports and strong inspection.
The FortiGate 200F Series is a great step up from the 100F when you need more throughput, more sessions/sec, and more “real-world” inspection headroom for IPS/NGFW/Threat Protection.
At-a-glance performance (Enterprise Traffic Mix)
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IPS: 5 Gbps
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NGFW: 3.5 Gbps
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Threat Protection: 3 Gbps
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SSL Inspection (IPS avg HTTPS): 4 Gbps
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IPsec VPN (512B): 13 Gbps
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SSL-VPN: 2 Gbps
Plain English: solid for branch/head-office edge with heavy inspection turned on, plus good VPN and SSL inspection capacity for a 1RU.
Ports & interfaces (what customers care about)
200F / 201F physical I/O summary (from your spec + diagram):
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16 × GE RJ45
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1 × GE RJ45 MGMT + 1 × GE RJ45 HA (listed separately in the table)
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8 × GE SFP
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2 × 10GE SFP+ FortiLink (default)
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2 × 10GE SFP+ (non-FortiLink)
➡️ Total 4 × 10GE SFP+ ports on the box (2 FortiLink + 2 general).
This layout is great for:
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copper-heavy sites (users, printers, edge devices)
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fibre uplinks (GE SFP)
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10G uplinks to core / switches + FortiSwitch integration via FortiLink
Model differences (SKU choice)
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FG-200F: no onboard storage
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FG-201F: 1 × 480GB SSD (useful if you want more local logging / retention / reporting workflows)
Core capacity & scale
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Firewall throughput (1518/512/64 UDP): 27 / 27 / 11 Gbps
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Concurrent sessions: 3 million
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New sessions/sec: 280,000
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Firewall policies: 10,000
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VDOMs: 10 / 10
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FortiSwitch support: 64
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FortiAP support: 256 total / 128 tunnel
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Recommended SSL-VPN users: 500
Hardware notes (good “value lines”)
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NP6XLite + CP9 acceleration (Fortinet SPU design for performance under security inspection)
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TPM + BLE supported
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Dual AC PSU, non-hot swappable (redundant, but not “swap live”)
View data sheet: Global Leader of Cybersecurity Solutions and Services | Fortinet
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