Fortinet FortiGate 1800F-DC IPS Security Service, 1-Year (FC-10-D18HF-108-02-12)

A FortiGate 1800F-DC handles serious throughput, and the IPS engine is what keeps that traffic clean. The FortiGate 1800F-DC 1-Year FortiGuard IPS Security Service (FC-10-D18HF-108-02-12) renews or activates intrusion prevention on a FortiGate 1800F-DC for twelve months: AI/ML-based deep packet and SSL inspection, malicious and botnet URL blocking, and virtual patching for newly disclosed vulnerabilities. Subscription only, no hardware, delivered electronically worldwide.

What this service covers

The FortiGate 1800F-DC pairs Fortinet’s NP7 network processor and CP9 content processor to push IPS throughput up to 22 Gbps at the 2RU appliance level. This license keeps that engine current:

• Intrusion Prevention (IPS): AI/ML-driven deep packet and SSL inspection identifies exploit attempts, protocol anomalies, and known attack patterns in real time, using CP9-accelerated pattern matching and pre-scan offload.
• Malicious and Botnet URL Blocking: traffic to known command-and-control infrastructure and malicious destinations gets flagged and stopped as part of the same signature feed.
• Virtual Patching: newly disclosed CVEs get signature coverage from FortiGuard Labs before an official firmware patch is available, shrinking the exposure window on internet-facing services.
• Continuous Signature Updates: FortiGuard Labs pushes new and revised IPS signatures to the appliance for the full 12-month term without manual intervention.

Who needs the standalone IPS license

This SKU fits a FortiGate 1800F-DC that already has other FortiGuard coverage in place, malware protection or web filtering from a prior order, for example, and just needs the IPS layer renewed or added on its own. It also suits environments where IPS is the specific control mandated by a compliance framework or security policy, separate from the rest of the FortiGuard stack. If the 1800F-DC has no active FortiGuard subscriptions at all, one of the bundles below is the more efficient starting point since IPS is included in every tier.

IPS alone vs. the subscription bundles

IPS is included in every FortiGuard bundle Fortinet offers for the FortiGate 1800F-DC, from the SD-WAN-focused tier through Advanced Threat Protection, Unified Threat Protection, and Enterprise Protection. Buying this license on its own delivers the IPS layer and nothing more. The table below shows what each bundle tier adds on top:

Moving to full-stack coverage on the same appliance means the UTP subscription (FC-10-D18HF-950-02-12) or Enterprise subscription (FC-10-D18HF-809-02-12), each of which already includes this IPS layer plus the rest of the tier’s services.

Activation and delivery

The license issues electronically and binds to the specific FortiGate 1800F-DC by serial number through the FortiCare portal. Once applied, IPS signature updates begin pushing to the appliance for the full 12-month term. Nothing physical ships; a valid FortiGate 1800F-DC is required before activation.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is an authorized Fortinet Select Partner supplying genuine FortiGate licensing to customers worldwide. On an appliance this size, IPS renewal timing matters, gaps in coverage on a data center firewall are a real exposure, so we can confirm current entitlement status before you order if there is any doubt about what is already active. Checkout is fully secured and licenses are issued electronically after payment clears.