Original price was: CAD$5,215.53.CAD$4,251.79Current price is: CAD$4,251.79.
Running a FortiGate 2600F-DC in a data center environment means uptime is everything. FortiCare Elite takes your existing FortiCare Premium coverage and adds the fastest available response tier: a 15-minute SLA for critical issues, handled by Fortinet’s senior technical staff. This one-year upgrade license (FC-10-FD26F-204-02-12) activates the Elite tier for your registered 2600F-DC appliance and does not replace your Premium contract — it elevates it.
Elite layers three capabilities on top of FortiCare Premium:
This product covers the upgrade from FortiCare Premium to Elite. The table below summarizes how all three tiers compare for the FortiGate 2600F-DC.
| Feature | Essential | Premium | Elite |
|---|---|---|---|
| Critical-issue response | Next business day | 1 hour | 15 minutes |
| Telephone support | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Hardware RMA | Return & replace | Advanced replacement | Advanced replacement |
| Priority RMA add-on eligible | — | ✓ | ✓ |
| Firmware updates & support portal | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |
| Extended LTS support & Elite monitoring portal | — | — | ✓ |
The FortiGate 2600F-DC targets large enterprises, managed security service providers (MSSPs), and colocation operators running high-throughput, multi-tenant workloads. For organizations in that space, a one-hour critical-response SLA (Premium) can still mean significant downtime. Upgrading to Elite closes that window to 15 minutes. It also matters for teams operating Fortinet appliances close to or past standard end-of-support dates — the 18-month E-EoES window gives breathing room for refresh planning without operating unsupported firmware.
FC-10-FD26F-204-02-12 is an electronic license. After purchase, DataCenter360.ca delivers the license key or activation details by email within 0 to 1 business days. You register the upgrade against your existing FortiGate 2600F-DC serial number in the Fortinet Support Portal (support.fortinet.com). FortiCare Premium must already be active on the device before applying this upgrade.
This upgrade is valid only while FortiCare Premium is active. If your Premium contract is approaching expiry, renew it first using a FortiCare Premium renewal (FC-10-FD26F-247-02-12 for one year). For multi-year coverage, the 3-year (FC-10-FD26F-204-02-36) and 5-year (FC-10-FD26F-204-02-60) Elite upgrade SKUs are also available and typically reduce the per-year cost.
DataCenter360.ca is a Fortinet Select Partner specializing in Fortinet security infrastructure. We stock the full FortiGate 2600F-DC service catalog, including FortiCare and FortiGuard subscriptions, and process all license orders electronically. Orders placed during business hours typically ship same day. For volume purchases or questions about coordinating the Premium renewal with this Elite upgrade, use the quote form and one of our team members will respond promptly.
| Manufacturer | Fortinet |
|---|---|
| Model | FortiGate-2600F-DC |
| Product Type | |
| Product Group | |
| End of Order Date (EOO) | Not published yet |
| Last Service Extension Date (LSED) | Not published yet |
| End of Support Date (EOS) | Not published yet |
| Product Family | FG-1000 to FG-4000 |
| MPN | FC-10-FD26F-204-02-12 |
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