Description
FortiGate Rugged 70F Series Industrial NGFW for Harsh OT Environments
The FortiGate Rugged 70F series is a DIN-rail mounted industrial NGFW delivering 975 Mbps IPS and 580 Mbps threat protection built on the FortiSoC4 ASIC with IP40 rating, redundant DC power inputs, and optional 3G/4G LTE with GPS for secure OT/ICS network deployments in extreme conditions.
Key Performance
- 975 Mbps IPS throughput
- 950 Mbps NGFW throughput
- 580 Mbps Threat Protection throughput
- 8 Gbps firewall throughput
- 6.5 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput
- 500 Mbps SSL inspection throughput
- 1 million concurrent sessions
- 35,000 new sessions per second
- 6.71 μs firewall latency
- 5,000 firewall policies
Interfaces & Hardware
- 6x GE RJ45 ports (4x LAN, 2x WAN)
- 2x GE SFP slots
- 1x GE RJ45 bypass port pair (PORT3 and PORT4)
- 1x RJ45 serial port (data), 1x RJ45 console port
- 1x USB 2.0 port
- 1x MicroSD card slot
- Digital I/O (DIO) module
- Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
- Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
- FortiSoC4 processor
- IP40 rated, DIN-rail form factor
FGR-70F-3G4G Additions
- Single 3G/4G LTE modem with GPS (Sierra Wireless EM7565)
- Dual SIM slots Active/Passive
- 2x external SMA WWAN antennas, 1x external SMA GPS antenna
- All other specs identical to FGR-70F
Capacity
- Up to 24 FortiSwitches
- Up to 64 FortiAPs (32 tunnel mode)
- Up to 500 FortiTokens
- 10 virtual domains (VDOMs)
- 200 gateway-to-gateway IPsec VPN tunnels
- 500 client-to-gateway IPsec VPN tunnels
- Active-Active, Active-Passive, and Clustering HA
- Note: SSL-VPN supported on FortiOS v7.2.x LTS only; not supported from v7.6.0 onwards
OT & Industrial Security
- Deep packet inspection for 80+ OT applications and protocols
- OT-centric IPS with virtual patching and vulnerability shielding
- Network segmentation and microsegmentation for North/South and East/West traffic
- OT-focused dashboard for asset visibility and analytics
- FortiGuard OT Security: detection, vulnerability correlation, virtual patching, protocol decoders
Security Features
- FortiGuard AI-powered IPS with virtual patching
- Anti-malware: AV, sandboxing, AI-based heuristics
- Web/DNS filtering across 300M+ URL database
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and inline CASB
- Universal ZTNA agent-based or agentless proxy portal
- Full SD-WAN built into FortiOS
Industry Certifications
- IEC 61850-3 and IEEE 1613 (Electric Power Industry)
- EN 50155:2021, EN 50121 (Rolling Stock/Railway)
- FCC Part 15 Class A, RCM, VCCI, CE, UL/cUL, CB
Environment
- Operating temperature: -40°C to 75°C
- Power: 12V125V DC redundant dual inputs
- Power consumption: 16W average / 18W max (70F)
- Operating altitude: up to 3,048m
View data sheet: FortiGate Rugged Series Data Sheet

