Original price was: CAD$860.90.CAD$717.42Current price is: CAD$717.42.
FC-10-WP248-314-02-60 provides five years of uninterrupted FortiCare Essential support for the FortiSwitch 248E-POE (FS-248E-POE) in one purchase. For organizations planning to run the FS-248E-POE through its full operational lifecycle, the 5-year term delivers the lowest per-year support cost in the Essential tier and eliminates five annual renewal actions. The FS-248E-POE serves mixed-density switching environments where 24 of the 48 GE ports carry PoE+ loads within a 370W budget, avoiding the higher cost of a full 48-port PoE switch. This SKU is available as a renewal only and cannot be added to a new hardware order.
FortiCare Essential (svc code 314) entitles the registered FS-248E-POE to next-business-day response on critical issues, return-and-replace RMA for hardware failures, access to all firmware releases published during the contract term, and use of Fortinet’s online support tools and asset management portal. All of these entitlements remain active for the full five-year period without any renewal action required. The comparison table below shows where Essential stands relative to the Premium and Elite tiers.
| 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 | — | — | — |
The 5-year term is the right fit for IT environments with a stable, long-term deployment of the FS-248E-POE, where the unit is not expected to be replaced within the contract window. The FS-248E-POE’s partial-PoE design, with 24 PoE+ ports and a 370W budget, fits office and campus environments that power a known set of endpoints: access points, IP phones, or cameras that occupy a predictable fraction of the port count. Organizations that have right-sized the switch to their PoE load and are confident in a 5-plus year hardware lifespan get the best value from this term.
The license key is delivered electronically to the email address on the order. Delivery is worldwide with no physical shipment. To activate, log in to the Fortinet Support portal at support.fortinet.com, locate the registered FS-248E-POE, and apply the key. The 5-year entitlement is added from the current contract expiry date. Record the key in your asset management system before activating, so it is available if re-entry is ever needed.
FC-10-WP248-314-02-60 covers hardware support for the FS-248E-POE only. FortiGuard security subscriptions are separate and, in a FortiLink fabric, are licensed on the managing FortiGate rather than the switch itself. This 5-year contract has no effect on any FortiGuard entitlement or any other device on the network. Verify security subscription expiry dates on the upstream FortiGate independently of this renewal.
DataCenter360.ca is an authorized Fortinet Select Partner offering the 5-year FC-10-WP248-314-02-60 through Fortinet’s authorized licensing channel. The 5-year term is the best choice for teams that want to minimize procurement overhead over the switch’s operational life and capture the lowest per-year cost within the Essential tier. The key is delivered by email with no geographic restriction, making it available to customers in any country. No shipping, no delays, and no need to revisit this contract for five years after activation.
| Manufacturer | Fortinet |
|---|---|
| Model | FortiSwitch-248E-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-WP248-314-02-60 |
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