Fortinet FortiGate 400E Bypass

FortiGate 400E-Bypass Inline NGFW with 16 Hardware Bypass Pairs for Transparent Network Insertion

The FortiGate 400E-Bypass is a 1RU inline NGFW delivering 6.5 Gbps IPS and 4 Gbps threat protection throughput x purpose-built for transparent, fail-safe deployment in access layer and data centre environments with 16 hardware GE RJ45 bypass port pairs, NP6 and CP9 ASICs, and dual redundant AC power supplies.

Key Performance

• 6.5 Gbps IPS throughput
• 5.5 Gbps NGFW throughput
• 4 Gbps Threat Protection throughput
• 32 Gbps firewall throughput (1518 byte)
• 20 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput
• 4.5 Gbps SSL-VPN throughput
• 4.8 Gbps SSL inspection throughput
• 3.5 million concurrent sessions
• 310,000 new sessions/second
• 2.22 µs firewall latency
• 10,000 firewall policies

Interfaces & Hardware

• 32x GE RJ45 ports configured as 16x hardware bypass pairs
• 2x GE RJ45 Management/HA ports
• 2x USB ports
• 1x RJ45 Console port
• NP6 network processor: ultra-low latency firewall, VPN/CAPWAP/IP tunnel acceleration, anomaly-based IPS
• CP9 content processor: accelerated SSL/TLS 1.3 decryption, IPS pre-scan, pattern matching
• Dual built-in AC power supplies (non-hot-swappable, 1+1 redundancy)
• 1RU rack mount form factor

Bypass Functionality

• 16 dedicated hardware bypass port pairs allow traffic to pass through uninspected in the event of appliance failure or power loss
• Enables transparent, inline deployment without disrupting network connectivity
• FortiLink-enabled ports can be reconfigured as standard ports as needed

Capacity

• Up to 72 FortiSwitches
• Up to 512 FortiAPs (256 tunnel mode)
• Up to 5,000 FortiTokens
• Up to 25 virtual domains (VDOMs)
• 2,000 gateway-to-gateway IPsec VPN tunnels
• 50,000 client-to-gateway IPsec VPN tunnels
• 500 concurrent SSL-VPN users

Security Features

• FortiGuard AI-powered IPS with 18,000+ signatures and virtual patching
• Anti-malware: AV, sandboxing, AI-based heuristics, Content Disarm and Reconstruct
• Web/DNS/video filtering across 300M+ URL database
• AI-based inline malware prevention x sub-second zero-day blocking
• Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and inline CASB
• OT security with 1,000+ virtual patches and 3,300+ protocol rules
• Real-time SSL/TLS 1.3 deep inspection

Networking & SD-WAN

• Full SD-WAN built into FortiOS at no extra cost
• Universal ZTNA x agent-based via FortiClient or agentless via proxy portal
• VXLAN segmentation bridging physical and virtual domains
• FortiLink for converged wired/wireless management
• Active-Active, Active-Passive, and Clustering HA

Management

• Managed via FortiManager (enterprise) or FortiGate Cloud
• FortiAnalyzer Cloud and FortiManager Cloud available
• GenAI-assisted configuration and troubleshooting via FortiAI
• FortiConverter Service for migration from legacy firewalls

Environment

• Operating temperature: 0°C to 40°C
• Power consumption: 112W average / 214W maximum
• Input: 100240V AC, 50/60Hz, 6A maximum
• Heat dissipation: 730 BTU/h
• Noise: 48 dBA, side and front-to-back airflow
• Operating altitude: up to 2,250m