Fortinet FortiGate 1801F-DC + 3-Year UTP Bundle (FG-1801F-DC-BDL-950-36)

Central offices and colocation cages built on -48V DC plants cannot run standard AC-input appliances without a rectifier in the path. The FortiGate 1801F-DC (FG-1801F-DC-BDL-950-36) removes that step: the same 1801F chassis as the AC model, with dual DC power supplies and onboard SSD storage, sold here with three years of FortiCare Premium support and FortiGuard Unified Threat Protection (UTP) already attached to the unit. One part number covers the hardware and three years of licensing at a locked-in rate.

What the bundle includes

Three components ship under this single SKU. The FortiGate 1801F-DC appliance is a 2RU chassis built around Fortinet’s NP7 network processor and CP9 content processor, with 2x 960GB onboard NVMe SSD storage and dual DC power supplies rated for -48V to -60V input. Alongside it comes three years of FortiCare Premium, which covers 24x7x365 support with next-business-day hardware replacement and portal access. The third piece is three years of FortiGuard Unified Threat Protection, the security bundle that keeps IPS, antivirus, application control, and web/DNS filtering current without a separate license to track down at renewal time.

FortiGate 1801F-DC specifications

What UTP covers over three years

FortiGuard Unified Threat Protection groups the services most data center deployments run continuously: intrusion prevention with deep packet and SSL inspection, anti-malware with AI-based heuristics and cloud sandboxing, application control, and URL, DNS, and video filtering. FortiCare Premium travels with it, covering support tickets, firmware access, and hardware RMA for all three years rather than requiring a first-year renewal push. At the throughput levels this chassis runs, an unpatched signature set or a lapsed support contract is a bigger operational risk than most people budget for.

Who runs the DC-powered 1801F

This SKU targets telecom operators, colocation providers, and enterprises with existing -48V DC rack infrastructure who need core or perimeter firewall throughput without adding an AC-to-DC conversion stage. Placement is typically at the data center edge or as a segmentation boundary between large network zones. The onboard 2x 960GB SSD supports local logging and analytics directly on the appliance, useful in facilities where an external FortiAnalyzer isn’t already part of the design.

Other terms and models

The same FortiGate 1801F-DC and UTP pairing is also available in one-year and five-year terms, depending on how the budget cycle lines up. If the deployment calls for the fuller Enterprise Protection tier, with data loss prevention and attack surface security added on top of UTP, the equivalent 809 bundle at the same three-year term is the direct swap. For sites that will outgrow the 1801F-DC’s throughput ceiling, the FortiGate 2601F-DC carries the same DC power and SSD storage forward at a higher performance tier, in the same UTP bundle and term.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is an authorized Fortinet Select Partner, and this bundle ships as brand-new hardware with the FortiCare and UTP licenses already registered to the unit, not activated after the fact. Before a chassis this size leaves the warehouse we can confirm rack depth, DC circuit specs, and delivery timing, since a data center install rarely has room for a mismatched detail on arrival day. Shipping within Canada is free and typically takes 0-1 business days, and checkout runs on a fully secured connection.