Fortinet FortiGate 2600F Next Calendar Day Priority RMA, 5-Year (FC-10-F26HF-210-02-60)

A hardware fault on a data-center firewall is not a slow-motion problem. When a FortiGate 2600F goes down, every second of downtime is measured against a service-level commitment somewhere. The FortiGate 2600F 5-Year Next Calendar Day Delivery Priority RMA Service (FC-10-F26HF-210-02-60) is the add-on that shortens that clock: a replacement unit ships the next calendar day, every day, for five years. It sits on top of an existing FortiCare Premium or FortiCare Elite contract, not in place of one.

What this service covers

Priority RMA (Fortinet’s “advanced replacement” track) upgrades the standard return-and-replace process into an advance-shipment process for the full five-year term:

• Next calendar day shipment: Fortinet ships a replacement FortiGate 2600F chassis the next calendar day after a confirmed hardware failure is logged, including weekends, rather than waiting on a business-day RMA cycle.
• Advance replacement: the unit is dispatched before the faulty hardware is returned, so a spare is in transit while the failed chassis is still being diagnosed or packed for return.
• Five-year coverage: the term runs for five years from activation, matching a typical FortiGate 2600F hardware refresh cycle so RMA coverage does not lapse mid-deployment.
• Eligibility requirement: Priority RMA is an add-on. It is only available on a FortiGate 2600F that already carries an active FortiCare Premium or FortiCare Elite subscription; it does not stand alone on FortiCare Essential.

This is a subscription license only. No hardware ships with this SKU, and delivery is electronic, so it applies worldwide wherever a FortiGate 2600F is deployed.

Who runs Priority RMA on a FortiGate 2600F

The FortiGate 2600F sits at the data-center and hyperscale edge of the FortiGate line, protecting high-throughput NGFW, segmentation, and secure SD-WAN deployments. At that tier, teams typically already carry FortiCare Premium or Elite for 24×7 technical support, and Priority RMA is the natural next question: how fast does a physical replacement actually arrive if the chassis fails? A five-year term suits organizations locking in RMA coverage for the full expected life of the appliance rather than renewing the add-on separately every year, particularly where the 2600F backstops a high-availability pair or a business-critical segment that cannot tolerate a multi-day hardware gap.

Activation & delivery

This SKU is a license, not a physical shipment. Fortinet issues the entitlement electronically and links it to the FortiGate 2600F’s registered serial number in the FortiCare portal, typically within one business day of order confirmation. There is nothing to install; the entitlement activates the faster replacement SLA against the existing FortiCare Premium or Elite contract on file. Because it is e-delivered, there is no shipping address restriction, and the entitlement is valid for the FortiGate 2600F wherever that unit is deployed globally.

RMA support levels compared

Priority RMA is an add-on on top of a base FortiCare tier, and eligibility varies by tier. The table below summarizes the RMA and support characteristics of each FortiCare level for the FortiGate 2600F:

This SKU is the Priority RMA add-on itself, sold at the Premium/Elite eligibility level, delivering next-calendar-day advance replacement rather than the standard return-and-replace cycle.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca issues this license as an authorized Fortinet Select Partner, with the entitlement linked to the correct FortiGate 2600F serial number and confirmation sent electronically, typically within one business day. Because it is a support add-on rather than a hardware order, there is no shipping wait to plan around: place the order, confirm the device’s active FortiCare Premium or Elite status, and the faster RMA SLA is live against that unit for the five-year term.