Fortinet FortiGate 1801F FortiGuard IPS Service, 1-Year (FC-10-F18F1-108-02-12)

The FC-10-F18F1-108-02-12 license activates the FortiGuard IPS service on a FortiGate 1801F for one year, giving the appliance signature-based intrusion prevention with protocol analysis and AI/ML-driven detection for known exploits and vulnerability attempts. It also carries the Malicious/Botnet URLs feed, which blocks drive-by exploits and known command-and-control destinations at the network layer. This is the à la carte network-security service, sold on its own rather than bundled with antivirus, web filtering, or FortiCare support.

What this license covers

IPS inspects traffic against FortiGuard’s signature database and applies virtual patching against known vulnerabilities and exploit attempts, catching attacks before they reach unpatched systems behind the FortiGate 1801F. The Malicious/Botnet URLs component keeps that signature set current with drive-by download sites and botnet command-and-control infrastructure, so the same IPS engine also blocks web-based delivery paths for malware. Coverage renews automatically for the license term and updates continuously through FortiGuard’s threat intelligence feed, no manual signature loading required.

Who needs it

This SKU fits a FortiGate 1801F deployment where the buyer wants network intrusion prevention specifically, without paying for the antivirus, web filtering, or sandboxing that come packaged in the UTP or Enterprise bundles. It’s common on units that already carry those other protections through a different vendor or an existing Fortinet subscription and only need IPS renewed or added separately, or on high-throughput data-center and campus-core deployments where IPS is the priority layer and other inspection happens elsewhere in the stack.

Activation & delivery

Delivery is electronic. After purchase, the license key activates against the FortiGate 1801F’s registered serial number in the FortiCare portal, and the unit pulls updated IPS signatures automatically once the contract is applied. There’s no hardware shipment involved, so this SKU can be ordered and activated from anywhere the unit is deployed.

IPS alone vs. the bundled tiers

IPS is a baseline component in all three FortiGuard bundle tiers for the FortiGate 1801F, so it’s worth seeing where it sits relative to buying it à la carte.

Every tier includes IPS and antivirus. Moving to UTP adds web and DNS filtering, and Enterprise layers on zero-day inline malware prevention plus data-loss and SaaS security. If the network already has web filtering and antivirus covered elsewhere, staying on this standalone IPS license keeps the renewal cost down; if not, the UTP or Enterprise subscription for the same FortiGate 1801F consolidates everything into one line.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca issues this license against your FortiGate 1801F’s serial number as an authorized Fortinet partner, with the key delivered by email as soon as the order clears. Support runs through the same FortiCare relationship as the rest of your Fortinet estate, so renewals, upgrades to a bundle, or questions about coverage go through one point of contact.