Fortinet FortiGate 1800F + 5-Year UTP Bundle (FG-1800F-BDL-950-60)

Large network perimeters running at 40G or 100G speeds need a firewall that keeps up without creating a bottleneck, and they need subscriptions that stay current without annual renewal scrambles. The FG-1800F-BDL-950-60 answers both: it ships the FortiGate 1800F appliance together with a five-year Unified Threat Protection subscription already bundled in, so one purchase order covers hardware, FortiCare Premium support, and the full FortiGuard UTP service stack through 2030.

What the FG-1800F-BDL-950-60 Bundle Includes

This bundle contains the FortiGate 1800F hardware appliance (FG-1800F) and a 5-year UTP subscription that activates immediately on registration. Included in the box: two 10GbE SFP+ SR transceivers, dual hot-swap AC power supplies for 1+1 redundancy, and dual 960 GB NVMe SSD storage for logging and caching. Key hardware specifications:

What the 5-Year UTP Subscription Activates

Unified Threat Protection (UTP) sits in the middle of Fortinet’s three FortiGuard bundle tiers: above ATP and below Enterprise. For most large enterprise and service provider environments that require comprehensive content inspection, URL filtering, and spam protection alongside core threat prevention, UTP covers the full scope. The table below shows how the three tiers compare:

Deployment Fit: Where the FortiGate 1800F Belongs

The 1800F targets large enterprise data center edges, carrier-grade perimeters, and campus aggregation layers. At 22 Gbps of IPS throughput and 15 Gbps of full threat protection, it handles multi-gigabit WAN connections with SSL inspection enabled without degrading throughput to the point where enforcement becomes impractical.

Practical deployment scenarios:

• Data center internet edge on 40G or 100G circuits, with the QSFP28 ports providing direct high-speed uplinks
• Campus network aggregation layer managing up to 196 FortiSwitches and 4,096 FortiAPs under a single FortiGate
• Service provider or telco environments using CGNAT, GTP-U inspection, or 5G N6 interface security
• Multi-tenant networks using up to 250 virtual domains (VDOMs) for traffic segmentation
• High-availability pairs using the dedicated HA ports, supported by the dual hot-swap PSU configuration

The NP7 network processor handles hyperscale session tables and the CP9 content processor accelerates SSL/TLS 1.3 decryption, so these workloads run in silicon rather than consuming CPU cycles.

Other Terms and Next Model Up

If a five-year commitment does not align with your budget cycle, the same UTP security stack is available as the FG-1800F-BDL-950-12 (1-year) or the FG-1800F-BDL-950-36 (3-year). Organizations that need the full Enterprise stack, which adds SD-WAN underlay, inline zero-day prevention, SaaS and data security, and OT security on top of UTP, can step up to the FG-1800F-BDL-809-60 for the same 5-year term. For environments that have already outgrown the 1800F, the FortiGate 2600F carries the next tier of throughput at the same bundle tier and term.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is an authorized Fortinet Select Partner stocking the FG-1800F-BDL-950-60 for immediate shipping within Canada. The unit ships brand new in original packaging with the 5-year UTP subscription included and the 5-year FortiCare Premium support contract attached. Orders process within one business day. Contact us for volume pricing, project quotes, or to discuss phased deployment across multiple sites.