Fortinet FortiGate 1801F-DC FortiConverter Service, 1-Year (FC-10-D18F1-189-02-12)

Replacing an aging firewall in front of a DC-powered rack is one thing; re-keying years of NAT rules, address objects, static routes and policies into a new appliance by hand is another. The FC-10-D18F1-189-02-12 FortiConverter Service closes that gap for the FortiGate 1801F-DC (FG-1801F-DC), Fortinet’s dual-DC-power, dual-960GB-SSD high-end firewall built around the NP7 network processor and CP9 content processor.

What the FortiConverter Service Covers

This is a one-time, Fortinet-run migration engagement, not a self-service tool. You upload the source configuration file (Bluecoat, Check Point, Ciena/Vyatta, Cisco, Cisco Meraki, Forcepoint, Huawei, Juniper, Mikrotik, Palo Alto Networks, PFSense, SonicWall, Sophos, Ubiquiti, WatchGuard, Zyxel, or an older FortiGate) through the FortiConverter cloud portal. Fortinet’s team converts interface NAT, firewall policy and address objects, and static routes into a FortiOS 1801F-DC-ready configuration, then validates the result and hands back a summary report and audit documentation for the conversion. The license activates once and covers a single conversion job for this serial number.

Who Needs This on a FortiGate 1801F-DC

This SKU targets teams standing up a new 1801F-DC in a DC-powered rack, typically a data center or telco cabinet running -48V to -60V DC feeds rather than mains AC. The 1801F-DC pairs 22 Gbps IPS throughput, 17 Gbps NGFW throughput and 15 Gbps Threat Protection throughput with 2x 960GB onboard NVMe SSD storage and up to 100,000 firewall policies, which makes it a common landing spot for organizations consolidating several smaller legacy firewalls onto one chassis. Rebuilding that policy set from scratch across 12 million concurrent sessions of rules is slow and error-prone; the conversion service exists so the cutover doesn’t start with a blank slate.

Activation & Delivery

Delivery is electronic to any country: a license key posts to the FortiGate Cloud / FortiConverter portal against this unit’s serial number, no hardware or physical media ships. Once registered, an authorized administrator opens a migration ticket, uploads the source config, and Fortinet’s conversion team completes the transfer, typically returning validated results and the audit report within a few business days depending on configuration complexity.

FortiConverter vs the Enterprise Bundle

FortiConverter is sold a-la-carte, as on this page, but it is also folded into the FortiGate Enterprise Protection bundle for the 1800F/1801F family, unlike the Unified Threat Protection (UTP) or Advanced Threat Protection (ATP) tiers, which do not include it. If a 1801F-DC deployment is also shopping for security services rather than a standalone one-time migration, it’s worth checking whether stepping up to Enterprise Protection covers both needs in one subscription.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca processes this license the same day it’s ordered: the entitlement posts against the FG-1801F-DC serial number and the migration ticket can open right after. Because it’s electronic delivery, the license is available worldwide regardless of where the FortiGate itself is racked, so an IT team in any country can purchase and activate it without waiting on freight.