Fortinet FortiGate 30E FortiConverter Service, 1-Year (FC-10-0030E-189-02-12)

Replacing an old firewall with a FortiGate 30E usually means rebuilding the rule base, and doing it by hand is slow and easy to get wrong. The FortiGate 30E 1-Year FortiConverter service (FC-10-0030E-189-02-12) takes the existing configuration from a third-party firewall and converts it into FortiOS for the 30E, so policies, objects, and interfaces carry over instead of being retyped from scratch. It is a one-time service delivered as a license, with no hardware and electronic delivery worldwide.

What this service covers

FortiConverter is a structured migration rather than a copy and paste:

• Configuration conversion: firewall policies, address and service objects, NAT rules, and interface settings from the source device are translated into equivalent FortiOS configuration.
• Common source platforms: migrations from vendors such as Cisco ASA, Check Point, Palo Alto Networks, SonicWall, and Juniper are supported.
• Fewer manual errors: converting the rule base rather than rebuilding it reduces the gaps and typos that creep in during a hand migration.
• One-time engagement: the entitlement covers the conversion effort for the cutover, not an ongoing subscription feature.

Who needs it

This service is for anyone moving onto a 30E from another firewall and wanting the policy set to come across cleanly: a business switching vendors, an MSP standardizing a client on Fortinet, or an IT team that simply does not have time to rebuild a mature rule base by hand. If you are starting from a blank configuration, you do not need it.

How it works and delivery

The entitlement is issued electronically and registered against the FortiGate 30E. Because it is a one-time conversion service, plan to use it during the migration window rather than holding it indefinitely. Nothing ships, and the 30E should be on hand so the converted configuration can be loaded and validated.

One service or a broader subscription

FortiConverter gets the configuration onto the 30E; it does not provide ongoing protection. Once the device is live, its security still depends on FortiGuard subscriptions, which is where the UTP and Enterprise bundles fit with intrusion prevention, antivirus, and web filtering. Since the 30E is an older E-series model, a migration is also a natural moment to consider a current G-series FortiGate if a longer service life matters for the deployment.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is an authorized Fortinet Select Partner, and we deliver the FortiConverter entitlement electronically to customers anywhere. If you tell us which firewall you are migrating from, we can flag anything about that source platform worth knowing before the cutover so the conversion goes smoothly.