Fortinet FortiGate 3001F DC Next Business Day Priority RMA, 3-Year (FC-10-FD3K1-210-02-36)

The FortiGate 3001F DC operates in environments where hardware failure carries real business risk. This 3-year Next Business Day Priority RMA service (FC-10-FD3K1-210-02-36) guarantees that Fortinet ships a replacement unit by end of the next business day after a failure is confirmed. It is an add-on to FortiCare Premium or Elite: you must have one of those base support contracts active on the same serial number before registering this SKU.

What Priority RMA Covers on the FortiGate 3001F DC

Service code 210 provides advance hardware replacement with a Next Business Day delivery commitment. Fortinet ships the replacement before you return the defective unit, so your team can restore service without waiting for the return shipment to clear. For the 3001F DC specifically, that means a DC-power-capable chassis dispatched on the following business day. Without this add-on, the advance replacement under FortiCare Premium and Elite still applies, but delivery timing is best-effort and subject to regional logistics. Priority RMA locks in the delivery window as a contractual commitment for the 3-year term.

FortiCare Support Tier Comparison

Priority RMA is an add-on available on FortiCare Premium and Elite. The table below compares hardware replacement handling and critical response times across the three FortiCare tiers for the FortiGate 3001F DC.

Who Needs This Service

Data center operators and managed security teams running the FortiGate 3001F DC as a perimeter or core segmentation appliance are the primary buyers. At this throughput class, unplanned downtime maps directly to SLA penalties or service disruptions. Organizations with a recovery time objective shorter than one business day should treat Priority RMA as a required element of their hardware resilience plan. It is also useful where internal support teams need a documented SLA for audits or compliance reviews.

Activation and Delivery

FC-10-FD3K1-210-02-36 is an electronic service. After purchase, Fortinet issues a registration key that you enter in the Fortinet Support portal (support.fortinet.com) against the FortiGate 3001F DC serial number. The contract term must align with an existing FortiCare Premium or Elite subscription on the same unit. DataCenter360.ca delivers the license key within 0 to 1 business days of order confirmation. No hardware ships on purchase.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is an authorized Fortinet Select Partner serving customers worldwide. Orders for FC-10-FD3K1-210-02-36 are fulfilled through Fortinet’s licensing system. The 3-year term reduces renewal overhead across the FortiGate 3001F DC’s operating lifecycle. For environments with multiple high-end FortiGate units, contact us to align contract terms and discuss volume pricing.