Fortinet FortiGate 1800F FortiConverter Service, 1-Year (FC-10-F18HF-189-02-12)

A FortiGate 1800F replacing an aging Cisco, Palo Alto, or Check Point box does not have to mean rebuilding every policy and route by hand. FC-10-F18HF-189-02-12 is Fortinet’s FortiConverter Service for the FortiGate 1800F: a one-time, expert-validated migration that moves interface NAT, firewall policies, address objects, and static routes from a legacy configuration into FortiOS, ready to run on the new appliance.

What this service covers

FortiConverter Service is not a self-serve download. Fortinet’s migration team uploads your source configuration through the FortiConverter cloud portal, runs it through proven conversion methodology built for over a dozen third-party vendors (Check Point, Cisco, Cisco Meraki, Palo Alto Networks, Juniper, SonicWall, Sophos, WatchGuard, Forcepoint, Huawei, Mikrotik, PFSense, Ubiquiti, Zyxel, and Ciena/Vyatta), and returns a converted FortiOS configuration plus a summary report and audit documentation for the 1800F. FortiGate-to-FortiGate hardware refreshes are covered too, so trading an older 1800-series or 1000-series box for the current 1800F does not force a manual re-key of every rule.

This SKU is the one-time engagement, scoped specifically to the FortiGate 1800F platform. It is separate from the FortiConverter Tool, a standalone Windows software license Fortinet sells for teams that run frequent in-house migrations themselves.

Who needs it

This service fits network teams cutting over to a FortiGate 1800F from a competing NGFW and wanting Fortinet engineers to own the accuracy of the translation rather than reverse-engineering firewall policy from scratch. It is also the practical option for an internal team without deep FortiOS experience, or one that would rather spend implementation hours on cutover testing than on manual configuration entry. Because the conversion is validated by Fortinet security experts, it reduces the risk of a dropped policy or a NAT rule going missing during a high-end firewall replacement, where an error has real business impact.

Activation and delivery

FC-10-F18HF-189-02-12 is delivered electronically: no hardware ships with this SKU. After purchase, the entitlement is registered against the target FortiGate 1800F serial number and access to the FortiConverter Service portal is provisioned so the source configuration file can be uploaded and the conversion started. Delivery is worldwide since it is a licensed service, not a physical shipment.

FortiConverter vs. the 1800F’s other services

FortiConverter is a one-time migration engagement, not a recurring subscription, so it sits outside the FortiGate 1800F’s UTP and Enterprise Protection bundles and is purchased on its own. Once the 1800F is running on the converted configuration, most buyers pair it with an ongoing service: FortiCare Premium Support for hardware and software issue response, or FortiGate Cloud Management for centralized visibility and analytics. DataCenter360.ca lists both alongside this SKU on the FortiGate 1800F product page if you are assembling the full support stack for the migration.

Buying FC-10-F18HF-189-02-12 from DataCenter360.ca

As a Fortinet Select Partner, DataCenter360.ca processes FortiConverter Service orders for the FortiGate 1800F the same day, with the entitlement delivered electronically so your migration team can start the portal upload without waiting on a shipment. Support is handled directly with our team if you have questions about scoping the conversion before you buy, and checkout is secured end to end.