Description
Fortinet FortiGate 2600F Series (FG-2600F / FG-2601F)
“Modern data-centre / core NGFW built for 25G + 100G uplinks, with very high ‘everything-on’ security throughput.”
Compared to the E-series you pasted earlier (2200E/2500E), this is a big step up because it pairs NP7 + CP9 with 25G SFP28 and 100G QSFP28—so it actually fits modern leaf/spine and high-speed core designs.
At-a-glance performance (Enterprise Traffic Mix)
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IPS: 31 Gbps
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NGFW: 27 Gbps
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Threat Protection: 25 Gbps
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SSL Inspection (IPS avg HTTPS): 20 Gbps
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SSL Inspection CPS: 16,000
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IPsec VPN (512B): 55 Gbps
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SSL-VPN throughput: 16 Gbps
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Recommended concurrent SSL-VPN users: 30,000
What that means: this is built for high sustained inspection (IPS/NGFW/Threat Protection) while still supporting serious remote access + encrypted traffic visibility.
Ports & interfaces (why people buy it)
Base connectivity mix is very “DC-core ready”:
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16 × 10GE/1GE RJ45 (hardware accelerated)
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16 × 25GE SFP28 (also supports 10GE SFP+ / 1GE SFP)
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4 × 100GE QSFP28 (also supports 40GE QSFP+)
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2 × 10GE SFP+ / 1GE SFP HA slots
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2 × 1GE RJ45 MGMT
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Console + USB 3.0
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2RU, hot-swappable redundant PSUs
Storage / model difference
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FG-2600F: no onboard storage
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FG-2601F: 2 × 960GB NVMe SSD onboard (useful if you want more local logging / storage options)
Platform security
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Includes TPM (hardware root-of-trust style capability for protecting keys / integrity at the appliance level).
Scale & capacity (enterprise)
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IPv4 FW throughput (1518/512/64 UDP): 198 / 196 / 140 Gbps
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Latency (64B UDP): 3.41 μs
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Firewall throughput: 210 Mpps
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Concurrent sessions: 24M / 40M*
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New sessions/sec: 1M / 2M*
* the higher figures require the Hyperscale Firewall License.
Also supports:
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VDOMs: 10 default / 500 max
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FortiAP: 4096 total / 2048 tunnel
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FortiSwitch: 196
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FortiTokens: 20,000
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Registered FortiClients: 20,000
View data sheet: FortiGate 2600F Series Data Sheet

