Original price was: CAD$753.25.CAD$627.70Current price is: CAD$627.70.
Organizations planning to run the FortiSwitch 148F-POE for five or more years can complete a single purchase today and not revisit renewal paperwork until 2031. FC-10-148FP-314-02-60 covers 60 months of FortiCare Essential on the 48-port switch at $454.79 total, locking in today’s list price and preserving firmware updates, return-and-replace RMA rights, and Fortinet asset portal access across the full deployment window for the switch’s 24 PoE+ ports and 176 Gbps switching capacity.
FortiCare Essential for the FortiSwitch 148F-POE includes four core entitlements: firmware and software updates to keep the switch current with security fixes and feature releases; return-and-replace hardware RMA for failed units; access to Fortinet’s online tools and knowledge base; and asset management portal registration for lifecycle tracking. Critical issues receive a next-business-day response. Telephone support is not part of the Essential tier; upgrading to Premium or Elite is required for phone-backed assistance.
The 5-year term is the right choice for organizations that treat the FortiSwitch 148F-POE as a long-lifecycle access-layer asset and want to minimize both cost and procurement effort over that window. Education, healthcare, and government environments frequently retain switches for five or more years and benefit from a single renewal event that covers the entire planned deployment period. IT teams that want to lock in pricing before a future list-price adjustment will also find the 5-year term advantageous.
FC-10-148FP-314-02-60 is an electronic entitlement delivered by email after purchase. No physical shipment occurs. The registration key or contract entitlement activates against the FortiSwitch 148F-POE serial number in Fortinet’s support portal, extending the coverage window by 60 months from the current expiry date. This is a renewal-only SKU; it cannot be applied to a brand-new, never-registered switch. Electronic delivery is available worldwide with no geographic restriction.
FortiCare Essential is the entry-level tier in Fortinet’s three-tier support structure for FortiSwitch. The comparison below shows where it stands against Premium and Elite. For long-running access-layer FS-148F-POE deployments managed via FortiLink within a FortiGate Security Fabric, five years of Essential coverage provides stable, predictable support costs with a single purchasing event and no annual renewal overhead.
| Feature | Essential | Premium | Elite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical-issue response | Next business day | 1 hour | 15 minutes |
| Telephone support | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hardware RMA | Return & replace | Advanced replacement | Advanced replacement |
| Priority RMA add-on eligible | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Firmware updates, online tools & asset portal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Extended LTS support & Elite monitoring portal | — | — | — |
DataCenter360.ca is an authorized Fortinet Select Partner. Ordering FC-10-148FP-314-02-60 through the authorized channel keeps the 5-year entitlement accurately registered in Fortinet’s support portal and protects your RMA rights for the full term. At approximately $90.96 per year, this is the option that delivers the fewest renewal decisions, four fewer than annual renewals over the same period. Use the Request a Quote link above to reach our team with questions before ordering.
| Manufacturer | Fortinet |
|---|---|
| Model | FortiSwitch-148F-POE |
| Product Type | |
| Product Group | |
| End of Order Date (EOO) | Not published yet |
| Last Service Extension Date (LSED) | Not published yet |
| End of Support Date (EOS) | Not published yet |
| Product Family | FortiSwitch |
| MPN | FC-10-148FP-314-02-60 |
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