Fortinet FortiGate 50E FortiConverter Service, 1-Year (FC-10-0050E-189-02-12)

Bringing a FortiGate 50E in to replace another vendor’s firewall usually means rebuilding the rule base by hand, and that manual step is where cutovers stall and mistakes slip through. FC-10-0050E-189-02-12 is the FortiConverter Service for the 50E: a one-year entitlement to a guided, one-time configuration conversion that translates an existing policy set onto FortiOS. It is a subscription for a single 50E, delivered electronically, with no hardware enclosed.

What the service does

FortiConverter automates the move from a third-party firewall, such as a legacy Cisco, Check Point, SonicWall, or Palo Alto configuration, onto the 50E. It maps interfaces, address and service objects, NAT, and security policies into a FortiOS configuration and cleans up the result, so you are not transcribing a long rule base line by line. The payoff is a quicker cutover with fewer translation errors and far less chance of an overlooked rule leaving a gap.

Who needs it

Anyone deploying a 50E to retire another vendor’s box benefits, and so does anyone consolidating several old configurations onto Fortinet. It is equally useful for integrators who would rather follow a supported, repeatable conversion than rebuild every site from a blank slate.

Activation and delivery

The entitlement registers to your FortiGate 50E in the Fortinet support portal and activates electronically. Because this is a one-time migration service, the one-year term is the window in which you run the conversion. Nothing ships and delivery is identical worldwide.

Migrating onto a legacy 50E

The 50E is a previous-generation desktop FortiGate. FortiConverter is a sensible buy when you are moving a config onto a 50E that is staying in service, and the same service exists for current models if your migration target is newer. If the plan is to land on fresh hardware, current-generation units such as the FortiGate 50G or 70G are the upgrade path, and converting straight onto the new box can save you a second migration later. We can quote either route.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is a Fortinet Select Partner, so this service is registered through Fortinet’s authorized channel and tied to your serial, not sold loose. FortiConverter moves the configuration, it does not secure traffic, so most buyers add a UTP or Enterprise bundle and FortiCare Premium for the device once the cutover is done, all of which are in the related items. Send us your source configuration and we will tell you whether it is a clean candidate for automated conversion before you commit.