Fortinet FortiGate 1100E-DC + 1-Year Enterprise Bundle (FG-1100E-DC-BDL-809-12)

Most data center firewall deployments assume AC power. The FortiGate 1100E-DC is engineered for the exceptions: co-location racks wired to -48 V DC bus bars, carrier POP sites, and enterprise power plants where a rectifier bank feeds the distribution frame directly. Its dual DC power supplies eliminate the AC-to-DC conversion step and the converter-level failure point that comes with it. The FG-1100E-DC-BDL-809-12 ships the appliance fully licensed — 1-year FortiGuard Enterprise Protection plus FortiCare Premium — so the unit is protection-ready from the moment the rack door closes.

Hardware Specifications

What the 1-Year Enterprise Bundle Covers

The Enterprise Protection tier (service code 809) is the highest FortiGuard bundle available for the FortiGate platform. Over the 12-month term, it activates every layer of the security stack alongside FortiCare Premium support:

• FortiCare Premium: 24×7 TAC, 1-hour critical-issue response SLA, and next-business-day hardware replacement
• FortiGuard IPS: signature-based and behavioral intrusion prevention at full NP6 line rate
• FortiGuard Application Control: policy enforcement across 5,000+ classified applications
• FortiGuard Web and Video Filtering: URL categorization, safe-search enforcement, and video-stream inspection
• FortiGuard DNS Filtering: blocks C2 callbacks and malicious domain lookups at the resolver level
• FortiGuard Anti-Malware: real-time AV, ransomware, and rootkit detection with cloud-assisted lookups
• FortiGuard Anti-Botnet: live botnet IP reputation feeds block command-and-control traffic
• FortiGuard Inline Cloud Sandbox: zero-day file detonation via FortiSandbox Cloud, no on-site sandbox required
• FortiGuard Industrial Security Service: OT and ICS protocol inspection for Modbus, DNP3, and similar industrial protocols

Deployment Scenarios

The 1100E-DC is positioned at the enterprise campus edge and at the data center security perimeter. Its 80 Gbps firewall capacity handles high-volume north-south traffic between external links and internal segments, while the 25GE SFP28 ports connect directly to modern top-of-rack switches running 25G server uplinks. The 40GE QSFP+ slots handle spine uplinks or inter-cluster links in collapsed-core architectures.

The DC power requirement narrows the intended audience deliberately. If the rack runs AC power, the standard FG-1100E is the right choice. If the site runs a DC distribution system, the FG-1100E-DC avoids an external power conversion stage and provides a cleaner integration with the site’s existing battery backup.

Term Options and Related Models

The 1-year term works for organizations that prefer annual budget cycles or want to evaluate the platform before committing longer. The FG-1100E-DC-BDL-809-36 (3-year) and FG-1100E-DC-BDL-809-60 (5-year) bundles reduce the annualized subscription cost and eliminate renewal management for the term. For capacity beyond the 1100E tier, the FG-2200E series scales throughput further for larger data center cores while remaining in the E-generation platform line.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is an authorized Fortinet Select Partner in Canada. The FG-1100E-DC-BDL-809-12 ships brand new and sealed, with the Fortinet warranty registered to the serial number. Free freight covers all Canadian destinations, and orders confirmed in stock dispatch within 0 to 1 business days. For multi-unit requirements, volume pricing, or deployment quotes that include professional services, reach the team through the request-a-quote form — responses go to the same team that supports enterprise accounts.