Description
FortiGate 600F Series Enterprise NGFW with 25GE Interfaces, NP7 and CP9 ASICs
The FortiGate 600F series is a 1RU enterprise NGFW delivering 14 Gbps IPS and 10.5 Gbps threat protection throughput featuring 25GE SFP28 ultra-low latency ports and powered by Fortinet's NP7 and CP9 ASICs for hyperscale performance, deep SSL inspection, and converged security across hybrid environments.
Key Performance
- 14 Gbps IPS throughput
- 11.5 Gbps NGFW throughput
- 10.5 Gbps Threat Protection throughput
- 139 Gbps firewall throughput (1518 byte)
- 55 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput
- 9 Gbps SSL inspection throughput
- 4.3 Gbps SSL-VPN throughput
- 8 million concurrent sessions
- 550,000 new sessions per second
- 4.12 μs firewall latency / 2.5 μs ultra-low latency (ULL ports)
- 30,000 firewall policies
Interfaces & Hardware
- 16x GE RJ45 ports (hardware accelerated)
- 8x GE SFP slots
- 4x 10GE SFP+/GE SFP slots
- 4x 25GE SFP28/10GE SFP+ Ultra Low Latency slots
- 2x GE RJ45 MGMT/HA ports
- 2x USB ports, 1x RJ45 Console port
- Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
- Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)
- Dual hot-swappable redundant AC PSUs
- 2x SFP SX 1GE transceivers included
- 1RU rack mount form factor
FortiGate 601F Additions
- 2x 240GB onboard SSD (480GB total)
- All other specs identical to 600F
Capacity
- Up to 128 FortiSwitches (FortiOS 7.6.1+)
- Up to 1,024 FortiAPs (512 tunnel mode)
- Up to 5,000 FortiTokens
- Up to 50 virtual domains (VDOMs)
- 2,000 gateway-to-gateway IPsec VPN tunnels
- 50,000 client-to-gateway IPsec VPN tunnels
- 10,000 concurrent SSL-VPN users
Security Features
- FortiGuard AI-powered IPS with 18,000+ signatures and virtual patching
- Anti-malware: AV, sandboxing, AI-based heuristics, Content Disarm and Reconstruct
- Web/DNS/video filtering across 300M+ URL database
- AI-based inline malware prevention sub-second zero-day blocking
- Data Loss Prevention (DLP) and inline CASB
- OT security with 1,000+ virtual patches and 3,300+ protocol rules
- IP reputation, anti-botnet, and anti-spam
- Real-time SSL/TLS 1.3 deep inspection
Networking & SD-WAN
- Full SD-WAN built into FortiOS at no extra cost
- NP7 ASIC for hyperscale firewall, ultra-low latency VPN and VXLAN
- CP9 ASIC for accelerated SSL/TLS 1.3 decryption and IPS pre-scan
- Universal ZTNA agent-based via FortiClient or agentless via proxy portal
- VXLAN segmentation bridging physical and virtual domains
- FortiLink for converged switch and access point management
- Active-Active, Active-Passive, and Clustering HA
Management
- Managed via FortiManager (enterprise) or FortiGate Cloud (SMB)
- FortiAnalyzer Cloud and FortiManager Cloud available
- GenAI-assisted configuration and troubleshooting via FortiAI
- Zero-touch provisioning for rapid deployment
- FortiConverter Service for migration from legacy firewalls
Environment
- Operating temperature: 0°C to 40°C
- Power consumption: 169W average / 255W max (600F)
- Noise: 55 dBA, side and front-to-back airflow
- Operating altitude: up to 3,048m
View data sheet: FortiGate 600F Series Data Sheet