Description
Fortinet FortiGate 600F Series (FG-600F / FG-601F)
400F but with 25G uplinks + more scale. Same 1RU footprint, but built for bigger cores/aggregation and higher user counts while keeping full NGFW + SSL inspection strong.
At-a-glance performance (Enterprise Traffic Mix)
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IPS: 14 Gbps
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NGFW: 11.5 Gbps
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Threat Protection: 10.5 Gbps
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SSL Inspection (IPS avg HTTPS): 9 Gbps
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IPsec VPN (512B): 55 Gbps
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SSL-VPN: 4.3 Gbps
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Recommended concurrent SSL-VPN users: 10,000
Plain English: Great fit when the customer says were moving to 25G aggregation / multiple 10G links and we need inspection + SSL at speed.
Ports & interfaces (what stands out)
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16 x GE RJ45 (hardware accelerated)
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8 x GE SFP
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4 x 10GE/GE SFP+ (dual-rate)
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4 x 25GE/10GE SFP28 (Ultra-Low-Latency)
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2 x GE RJ45 MGMT/HA
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2 x USB + RJ45 console
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Included transceivers: 2 x 1GE SX SFP
Key selling point: those 4x 25G SFP28 ports make it an easy yes for networks standardising on 25G uplinks (core/leaf, aggregation, DC edge).
Capacity & scale highlights
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IPv4 firewall throughput (1518/512/64 UDP): 139 / 137.5 / 70 Gbps
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Firewall latency (64B UDP): 4.12 ¼s (or 2.5 ¼s on ULL ports)
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Firewall throughput: 105 Mpps
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Concurrent sessions: 8 million
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New sessions/sec: 550,000
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Firewall policies: 30,000
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VDOMs: 10 default / 50 max
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Max FortiSwitches: 128 (FortiOS 7.6.1+ for 128; older releases up to 96)
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Max FortiAPs: 1024 total / 512 tunnel
Hardware notes
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SPU acceleration: NP7 + CP9
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TPM + BLE
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Dual PSU hot-swappable
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1RU
Model differences (SKU choice)
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FG-600F: no onboard storage
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FG-601F: 2 x 240GB SSD onboard storage (listed as 480GB total)
View data sheet: FortiGate 600F Series Data Sheet