Fortinet FortiGate 2600F DC FortiConverter Service, 1-Year (FC-10-FD26F-189-02-12)

Data center firewall migrations are not small jobs. A FortiGate 2600F-DC deployment in a production data center typically replaces a Cisco Firepower, Check Point, or Palo Alto PA-Series appliance that has accumulated years of policy objects, address groups, NAT rules, and VPN definitions. Rebuilding that from scratch carries real cutover risk. The FortiGate 2600F-DC FortiConverter 1-Year Service (FC-10-FD26F-189-02-12) is Fortinet’s answer: a one-time, professionally managed configuration migration that translates the existing firewall policy into native FortiOS and delivers it validated, ready for the 2600F-DC to enforce.

What the FortiConverter service covers

FortiConverter combines automated translation tooling with Fortinet engineer review to migrate your configuration to FortiOS:

• Policy translation: access rules, NAT mappings, and security zones are converted to their FortiOS counterparts, preserving the same enforcement logic.
• Objects and groups: address objects, service objects, and group structures are carried across and mapped to FortiOS constructs.
• VPN and routing: site-to-site VPN definitions and static or dynamic routing configurations are converted so connectivity carries over to the 2600F-DC.
• Configuration review: Fortinet engineers review the converted output to catch gaps and consolidate duplicate or shadow objects.
• One-time scope: the entitlement covers a single migration engagement for this 2600F-DC, not ongoing changes or multi-device conversions.

Who should use this service

The FortiConverter service for the 2600F-DC is for organizations replacing a third-party data center firewall with Fortinet. It fits teams with a substantial existing rule base where a manual rebuild would take significant time, or where the risk of missing a rule in a high-throughput environment is unacceptable. It is also a practical choice when the migration project has a defined cutover window: the converted configuration is ready before cutover rather than assembled under pressure during the maintenance slot.

It is not needed if the 2600F-DC is a greenfield deployment with a new policy written in FortiOS from the start.

Activation and delivery

The service is licensed electronically. After purchase, Fortinet issues an entitlement that is registered against the target FortiGate 2600F-DC serial number. Fortinet then schedules the conversion engagement. The 1-year validity window gives flexibility to plan the project around your own maintenance calendar. Nothing physical ships; the deliverable is the validated FortiOS configuration.

Migration versus ongoing security coverage

FortiConverter gets the 2600F-DC configured with the same policy intent as the device it replaces. Once live, the appliance needs a security subscription to remain current. The FortiGuard UTP and Enterprise bundles add IPS, application control, URL and DNS filtering, and other services that keep the 2600F-DC effective beyond initial deployment. Most buyers pair this conversion service with FortiCare Premium for hardware support and one of the FortiGuard bundles for ongoing threat coverage.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is an authorized Fortinet Select Partner. This conversion service is sold electronically to buyers in any country; nothing physical ships with a FortiConverter entitlement. For large-scale data center migrations, we can help size the engagement and confirm the source platform and rule-base volume are within FortiConverter scope before you order. Reach out with the source platform model and a rough rule count and we will confirm suitability and point you toward the security and support subscriptions the 2600F-DC will need once the migration is complete.