Original price was: CAD$1,671.80.CAD$1,162.98Current price is: CAD$1,162.98.
A branch that has already standardized on Fortinet’s F-series and needs logs kept on the box tends to land on the FortiGate 71F (FG-71F). It is the 70F-series build that pairs the same ten-port chassis with a 128 GB SSD, so reporting, local log retention, and after-the-fact forensics run on the appliance instead of depending entirely on the cloud or a separate collector.
This SKU is the appliance on its own. FortiCare support and FortiGuard security subscriptions (the FC-10-0071F- service line) are required to turn on threat protection and are ordered separately, which keeps the hardware and the renewal on their own clocks.
| Onboard Storage | 128 GB SSD |
| GE RJ45 Ports | 10 (2 WAN, 1 DMZ, 7 Internal) |
| Firewall Throughput | 10 Gbps |
| IPS Throughput | 1.4 Gbps |
| NGFW Throughput | 1 Gbps |
| Threat Protection | 800 Mbps |
| SSL Inspection | 700 Mbps |
| IPsec VPN Throughput | 6.1 Gbps |
| Concurrent Sessions | 1.5 million |
| New Sessions/sec | 35,000 |
| Firewall Policies | 5,000 |
| Form Factor | Desktop, fanless |
The 128 GB SSD is the reason most buyers pick this model over a 70F. Retail sites under PCI scope, clinics holding patient records, and any branch that has to answer “what happened on the network last month” benefit from keeping that history on the firewall. With 7 internal GE ports plus a DMZ port, a single 71F covers a small office switch fabric, a guest segment, and a published service without an extra switch in front of it.
On its own the FG-71F routes and segments traffic, but IPS, web filtering, anti-malware, and application control stay dark until a FortiGuard subscription is active. If you would rather buy the unit and its first term of protection together, the FG-71F bundle SKUs (UTP or Enterprise, 1 to 5 years) combine the appliance with FortiCare Premium in one line item. Buying the bare unit here makes sense when you already hold a license pool or are standing up a spare.
Small and mid-sized Canadian organizations use the 71F as a branch or main-office edge: distributed retail, professional offices, and remote sites that report back to a head-end FortiGate or FortiManager. It is sized for tens of users with full inspection on, not for a data-center core.
If your throughput ceiling or SSL inspection needs are climbing, the FG-81F is the next step in the same family, with more headroom for deep inspection while keeping the FortiOS feature set identical.
DataCenter360.ca stocks the FG-71F as an authorized Fortinet Select Partner and ships it factory-sealed from Canadian inventory, typically the same or next business day, with the full Fortinet Canada warranty in place. If you are not sure whether the bare appliance or a bundle is the better buy for your renewal cycle, ask before you order and we will line the options up for you.
It gives the appliance onboard storage for local logs, reports, and historical traffic data. The 70F has no internal disk, so the SSD is the practical difference if you need on-box retention for compliance or troubleshooting.
No. The FG-71F is hardware only. FortiCare support and FortiGuard security services are sold separately under the FC-10-0071F- service line, or together with the unit as a bundle SKU.
Both are 10-port F-series desktop firewalls with a 128 GB SSD at the same performance tier. The difference is the Fortinet product-line designation; choose the SKU your standard, contract, or quote specifies.
Yes. FortiOS supports Active-Passive and Active-Active HA on the 71F. For a dedicated second node, the FG-71F-HA SKU is priced and listed as an HA unit.
Yes. We hold it in Canadian inventory and ship free to all provinces in 0 to 1 business day, brand new and sealed.
| Weight | 2.27 kg |
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| Dimensions | 26 × 21 × 16 cm |
| Manufacturer | Fortinet |
| Model | FortiGate-71F |
| GTIN | 195875127652 |
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| 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 | FG-10 to FG-100 |
| MPN | FG-71F |
| 5 star | 100% | |
| 4 star | 0% | |
| 3 star | 0% | |
| 2 star | 0% | |
| 1 star | 0% |
The buying process was clean and organized. Invoice and confirmation emails came right away. License delivery was quick, and the instructions were simple enough to follow.