Fortinet FortiGate 600E Series (FG-600E / FG-601E)
10G-class NGFW with 1RU density, built on NP6 + CP9.
This is a strong fit when a customer needs high NGFW + SSL inspection but doesnt need 25G uplinks (thats where the 600F wins).
At-a-glance performance (Enterprise Traffic Mix)
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IPS: 10 Gbps
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NGFW: 9.5 Gbps
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Threat Protection: 7 Gbps
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SSL Inspection (IPS avg HTTPS): 8 Gbps
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IPsec VPN (512B): 20 Gbps
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SSL-VPN: 7 Gbps
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Recommended concurrent SSL-VPN users: 10,000
Plain English: Great for large branch / campus edge where youll run real security stacks + SSL decrypt, and still have headroom.
Ports & interfaces (what you actually get)
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2 x 10GE SFP+
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8 x GE SFP
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8 x GE RJ45
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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: clean 10G uplink capability (2x SFP+) plus a practical mix of RJ45 + SFP for access/aggregation.
Capacity & scale highlights
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IPv4 firewall throughput (1518/512/64 UDP): 36 / 36 / 27 Gbps
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Firewall latency (64B UDP): 1.54 ¼s
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Firewall throughput: 40.5 Mpps
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Concurrent sessions: 8 million
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New sessions/sec: 450,000
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Firewall policies: 10,000
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VDOMs: 10 default / 50 max
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Max FortiSwitches: 96
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Max FortiAPs: 1024 total / 512 tunnel
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Client-to-gateway IPsec tunnels: 50,000
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Client-to-gateway IPsec tunnels: 50,000
Hardware notes
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SPU acceleration: NP6 + CP9
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1RU
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Redundant PSU: Optional (ships with one hot-swappable PSU; second is add-on)
Model differences (SKU choice)
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FG-600E: no onboard storage
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FG-601E: 2 x 240GB SSD onboard storage