Fortinet FortiGate 61F Managed FortiGate Service (NOC), 5-Year (FC-10-0061F-660-02-60)

A five-year managed commitment makes sense when a FortiGate 61F is the security backbone of a site that will not gain its own network engineer any time soon. The FortiGate 61F 5-Year Managed FortiGate Service (FC-10-0061F-660-02-60) assigns that ongoing work to Fortinet’s network operations center, where engineers handle the initial device setup and then run the network and policy changes the firewall needs across its full working life. It is sold as a subscription, with no hardware and electronic delivery worldwide.

What this service covers

The Managed FortiGate Service puts Fortinet’s NOC behind your 61F so routine firewall work no longer falls to your own staff:

• Device setup and onboarding: engineers bring the firewall into a managed state, apply a baseline configuration, and confirm it reports cleanly.
• Network change management: routing, interface, and VPN changes move through a controlled request process instead of one-off edits.
• Policy change management: firewall rules are adjusted and documented for you, leaving a clear record of every change.
• Around-the-clock coverage: the desk is staffed 24×7, so an after-hours change or fault does not wait for morning.

Who runs a 61F this way

The 61F is a compact desktop firewall built for small offices and branch sites, and many of those locations have no on-site network specialist. A five-year managed term fits an owner who has decided, up front, that Fortinet should own the firewall’s operation for the long haul: a multi-site retailer standardizing branches, a managed customer of an integrator, or a lean IT team that wants the 61F handled so its own hours go elsewhere.

Activation and delivery

The entitlement is issued electronically and registered to one FortiGate 61F by serial number. NOC onboarding starts once the service is provisioned, and the five-year window runs from activation. Nothing ships, and the firewall must be in service so the NOC can reach and manage it.

Operations, not a security subscription

This service governs how the 61F is run and changed; it is not the FortiGuard threat intelligence that blocks attacks. Intrusion prevention, antivirus, and web filtering come from the UTP or Enterprise subscription, and most managed 61F sites run one of those alongside it so the NOC has full protection to operate. The two together give you a firewall that is both managed and actively defended.

Why the five-year term

Five years is the lowest-overhead way to hold the managed model in place. It removes four renewal cycles, locks the yearly rate at its best level, and matches the service to the kind of multi-year lifespan a 61F typically sees at a branch. If you would rather prove the model first, the one- and three-year terms cover the same scope on a shorter horizon.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is an authorized Fortinet Select Partner, and we provision this managed service electronically for customers in any country. A five-year term is a real commitment, so if you want the exact boundaries of what the NOC will and will not touch on your 61F spelled out first, ask us and we will map the scope before you order.