Fortinet FortiGate 1001F FortiConverter Migration Service, 1-Year (FC-10-F1K1F-189-02-12)

Retiring an old firewall for a FortiGate 1001F means every existing NAT rule, policy object, and static route has to reappear on the new box before cutover. The FortiGate 1001F 1-Year FortiConverter Service (FC-10-F1K1F-189-02-12) is Fortinet’s one-time migration engine for that exact job: it takes a source configuration file, whether from a third-party vendor or an older FortiGate, and converts it into a ready-to-deploy FortiOS configuration through the FortiConverter cloud portal.

What this service does

FortiConverter Service automates the parts of a firewall migration that are easiest to get wrong by hand:

• Interface and NAT mapping: source interfaces, zones, and NAT rules are translated into the equivalent FortiGate 1001F constructs.
• Firewall policy and address objects: rule sets, address groups, and service objects carry over so policy intent is preserved, not rebuilt line by line.
• Static routes: routing tables convert alongside the policy set so the new appliance can take over without a routing gap.
• Validation and reporting: Fortinet reviews the converted configuration and returns a summary report and audit documentation for the conversion, giving the team a record to check against before go-live.

The portal supports migration from a broad list of third-party vendors, including Check Point, Cisco, Cisco Meraki, Palo Alto Networks, SonicWall, Sophos, WatchGuard, and several others, as well as FortiGate-to-FortiGate moves for shops replacing an aging unit with a new 1001F.

Who needs it

This SKU fits a specific moment: the FortiGate 1001F hardware is purchased or already racked, and a legacy firewall’s configuration needs to move over without a manual policy rebuild. Teams without spare cycles to hand-transcribe hundreds of rules, or without in-house staff confident reading a competing vendor’s config syntax, get the most value here. It is a one-time service tied to this migration event, not a recurring subscription.

Activation and delivery

The license activates electronically and is registered against the FortiGate 1001F serial number. Once issued, access to the FortiConverter Service portal opens for uploading the source configuration file and running the conversion, with Fortinet’s validation step included before the final output is delivered. Nothing physical ships; the service is available to customers anywhere.

FortiConverter Service vs. the FortiConverter Tool

Fortinet also sells a separate FortiConverter Tool as a standalone software license (a different SKU family, unrelated to this one) for organizations planning repeated in-house migrations across a year. This service SKU is the managed, Fortinet-run option for a single migration project, including expert review of the output, rather than a self-service tool an internal team runs on its own.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca stocks the full FortiGate 1001F license catalog alongside the hardware, so FortiConverter Service, FortiCare support, and FortiGuard security subscriptions can all be ordered together or on their own. As a Fortinet Select Partner, we deliver licenses electronically worldwide and can help confirm this is the right SKU before checkout if the migration source is unusual.