Fortinet FortiGate 51E FortiConverter Service, 1-Year (FC-10-0051E-189-02-12)

Moving a firewall policy onto a FortiGate 51E by hand is slow and easy to get wrong, especially when the rules come from a different vendor. FC-10-0051E-189-02-12 is the FortiConverter service that does that migration properly: a one-time, expert-assisted conversion of an existing configuration onto the 51E. It is a single-use subscription for one 51E, delivered electronically with no hardware.

What it covers

FortiConverter takes a source firewall configuration and converts it into a working FortiOS policy for the 51E. Address objects, service definitions, firewall rules, and NAT are translated and cleaned up so the new device enforces the same intent without a line-by-line rebuild. It is aimed at migrations from third-party firewalls and at consolidating older configurations onto a current FortiOS baseline.

Who needs it

This service suits anyone standing up a 51E to replace an existing firewall and wanting the cutover to be predictable. It saves the most time where the original rule base is large or has grown messy over years, since manual re-entry is exactly where mistakes and security gaps creep in. For a clean swap with confidence that nothing was dropped, the conversion service is the safer route.

Activation and delivery

The entitlement is issued electronically and registered to the FortiGate 51E it applies to. Because FortiConverter is a one-time service rather than an always-on subscription, it is used for the migration project and is not a recurring protection license. Nothing ships, and delivery is identical worldwide.

One-time service, not ongoing protection

FortiConverter handles the move onto the 51E; it does not provide the day-to-day security the device needs afterward. Once the configuration is in place, the firewall still wants a UTP or Enterprise bundle for intrusion prevention, antivirus, and web filtering. Plan the conversion and the ongoing subscription together so the 51E is both correctly configured and properly defended from day one.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is a Fortinet Select Partner, and we provision this conversion service electronically for customers in any country. Tell us what you are migrating from and the rough size of the rule base, and we will confirm FortiConverter is the right fit and point you to the protection subscription the 51E will need once it is live.