Description
Fortinet FortiGate 900G Series (FG-900G / FG-901G / -DC variants)
High-throughput enterprise NGFW + Secure SD-WAN + Segmentation, with ultra-low-latency (ULL) 25G ports and hot-swappable PSUs.
The FortiGate 900G Series steps up from the 700G for orgs that need:
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more inspection throughput (IPS/NGFW/Threat Protection)
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higher SSL inspection
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way higher scale limits (FortiAPs/FortiSwitches, policies)
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ULL ports (useful for low-latency edge/DC use cases)
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hot-swappable power supplies (AC or DC models)
At-a-glance performance (Enterprise Traffic Mix)
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IPS: 42 Gbps
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NGFW: 31 Gbps
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Threat Protection: 30 Gbps
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SSL Inspection (IPS avg HTTPS): 16.7 Gbps
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IPsec VPN (512B): 55 Gbps
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SSL-VPN: 10 Gbps
Translation: its built for high-throughput environments doing real inspection, not just basic firewalling.
Scale & capacity (big differentiators vs smaller models)
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Firewall policies: 50,000 (huge jump)
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Concurrent sessions: 16 million
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New sessions/sec: 720,000
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VDOMs: 10 default / up to 50
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FortiAPs: 2048 total / 1024 tunnel
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FortiSwitch support: up to 196 (requires FortiOS 7.6.1+; earlier releases support 96)
Interfaces (front panel summary)
From your datasheet section:
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4 x 25GE/10GE SFP28 (ULL ultra-low latency slots)
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4 x 10GE/GE SFP+/SFP
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8 x 1GE SFP
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16 x 1GE RJ45 switch ports + 1 x MGMT RJ45
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1 x 2.5GE/1GE HA RJ45
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USB x2, RJ45 Console
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Included: 2 x 1G SFP SX
This mix is really enterprise edge friendly: lots of copper for access/aggregation + 10/25G uplinks.
Hardware / acceleration / security
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SPU: NP7
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Content processor: CP9 (note: 700G used CP10; 900G here is NP7 + CP9)
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TPM
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BLE (present on 900G)
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Hot-swappable PSUs (key operational advantage vs some smaller appliances)
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ULL ports reduce latency on those 25G interfaces (datasheet lists latency improvement on ULL ports)
Model differences (important for quoting)
FG-900G vs FG-901G
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FG-900G: No onboard storage
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FG-901G: 2 x 480GB SSD (960GB total)
AC vs DC variants
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FG-900G / FG-901G: Dual hot-swappable AC PSUs
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FG-900G-DC / FG-901G-DC: Dual hot-swappable DC PSUs (48Å“60VDC)
Physical / power quick spec
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1RU rack
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44.45 x 432 x 380 mm
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Weight: ~7.25Å“7.5 kg
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Power (avg/max): 170W/313W (900G) or 184W/323W (901G)
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Noise: 58 dBA
View data sheet: FortiGate 900G Series Data Sheet