Description
Fortinet FortiGate 70F Series (FG-70F, FG-71F)
Branch / mid-market NGFW + SD-WAN that sits nicely between the 60F and the newer 70G family. Same all-in-one positioning: firewall, SD-WAN, plus FortiGuard AI-Powered Security Services on FortiOS.
Performance (Enterprise Traffic Mix)
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IPS: up to 1.4 Gbps
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NGFW: up to 1.0 Gbps
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Threat Protection: up to 800 Mbps
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SSL Inspection (IPS avg HTTPS): up to 700 Mbps
Hardware snapshot (ports & interfaces)
Ports (70F / 71F chassis)
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2x GE RJ45 WAN
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1x GE RJ45 DMZ
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2x GE RJ45 FortiLink (default FortiLink; can be repurposed)
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5x GE RJ45 internal LAN
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1x USB, 1x Console (RJ45)
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Total: 10x GE RJ45 ports (2 WAN + 1 DMZ + 7 internal)
Storage variants (key difference)
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FG-70F: no internal SSD
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FG-71F: 128GB SSD onboard storage
Capacity & VPN (quick take)
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Firewall throughput: 10 / 10 / 6 Gbps (1518 / 512 / 64-byte UDP)
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Latency: 2.54 ¼s
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Throughput: 9 Mpps
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Concurrent sessions: 1.5M
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New sessions/sec: 35,000
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IPsec VPN throughput: 6.1 Gbps
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SSL-VPN throughput: 405 Mbps
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Concurrent SSL-VPN users (recommended): 200
Branch ecosystem scaling
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Max FortiSwitches: 24
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Max FortiAPs: 64 total / 32 tunnel
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Virtual domains (VDOMs): 10 / 10
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HA: Active-Active, Active-Passive, Clustering
Form factor & power
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Desktop, fanless (0 dBA), wall-mountable
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Dimensions: 1.5 x 8.5 x 6.3 in (38.5 x 216 x 160 mm)
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Power:
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70F: 10.17W avg / 12.43W max
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71F: 17.2W avg / 18.7W max
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View data sheet: FortiGate 70F Series Datasheet