Fortinet FortiGate 60F FortiCare Elite Support, 5-Year (FC-10-0060F-284-02-60)

A five-year FortiCare Elite subscription locks in Fortinet’s highest support tier for the full service life of a FortiGate 60F. For branch offices running the 60F as a fixed appliance, committing to five years eliminates annual renewal friction and aligns support spending with hardware depreciation schedules.

What FortiCare Elite Covers

FortiCare Elite is the top tier in the Fortinet support portfolio. It includes everything in FortiCare Premium: 24/7 telephone support, next-business-day hardware RMA, and full firmware and tools portal access. Elite adds three things not available at lower tiers: a 1-hour critical-issue response commitment (versus 4 hours on Premium), access to Fortinet’s Elite Monitoring Portal for proactive device health visibility, and eligibility for Extended Long-Term Stable firmware branches. Extended LTS firmware receives security patches longer than the standard firmware track, which matters for sites with strict change-control policies.

Who Should Buy This

The 5-year Elite term suits PCI-DSS or HIPAA-compliant branch deployments where the FG-60F is budgeted over a multi-year capital cycle. MSPs managing a fleet of FG-60F units under customer SLAs often standardize on Elite to guarantee a consistent response commitment across all devices. Organizations in industries where firmware upgrade windows are infrequent find Extended LTS firmware access particularly valuable: security patches arrive without requiring a move to a new major FortiOS release.

Activation and Delivery

This subscription delivers electronically. After your order processes, you receive a license key and activation instructions by email, typically within 0-1 business days. Activate through support.fortinet.com by registering the key against your FG-60F serial number. No hardware ships; the Elite tier takes effect immediately after registration.

FortiCare Elite vs. a FortiGuard Bundle

FortiCare Elite is a support and maintenance contract, not a threat-intelligence subscription. It does not activate IPS, Web Filtering, AntiVirus, or other FortiGuard security services. If you need active threat protection alongside Elite support, a UTP or Enterprise bundle covers the FortiGuard services; this SKU covers the support layer separately. If your FG-60F already has a FortiGuard bundle, FC-10-0060F-284-02-60 renews or extends the support tier independently without affecting the security subscription.

Buying From DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is a Fortinet Select Partner and MSSP operating in Canada, selling FortiGate licenses to customers worldwide. The FC-10-0060F-284-02-60 is processed and delivered electronically with no courier wait and no import paperwork. For enterprise or MSP clients buying multiple units or pairing this with a hardware purchase, contact us for a consolidated order that simplifies your activation process.