Fortinet FortiGate 70F FortiCare Premium Support, 1-Year (FC-10-0070F-247-02-12)

Branch office firewalls tend to run quietly until something goes wrong, at which point the speed of the support response matters. The FortiGate 70F secures branch networks with hardware-accelerated firewall throughput and full FortiGuard service support. When the initial bundle term runs out, the FortiGate 70F 1-Year FortiCare Premium (FC-10-0070F-247-02-12) keeps the appliance on an active TAC contract: 24×7 telephone support, four-hour critical response, and next-business-day hardware replacement for twelve months.

What FortiCare Premium Covers

FortiCare Premium is the mid-tier Fortinet support contract, between Essential and Elite. It provides continuous 24×7 telephone access to Fortinet’s TAC team, a four-hour response commitment for severity-1 issues, next-business-day hardware replacement RMA, and ongoing access to FortiOS firmware updates and the FortiCare portal throughout the term.

This product provides FortiCare Premium tier coverage. The comparison below shows what changes between the three available FortiCare service levels:

Who Needs This

The FortiGate 70F fits branch offices, retail locations, and mid-sized network edges where a single appliance handles the site’s firewall, VPN, and threat inspection. At these locations the FortiGate is typically the only perimeter device, which means an outage affects every user at the site. Essential’s next-business-day critical response means a full business day of risk if the appliance goes down outside core hours. FortiCare Premium’s four-hour SLA and 24×7 phone access close that window considerably, and the annual term suits procurement teams that prefer to renew each year rather than committing to a three or five-year contract.

Activation and Delivery

FC-10-0070F-247-02-12 is an electronic license bound to a specific FortiGate 70F serial number. DataCenter360.ca delivers the activation key within 0–1 business days of payment. Register at support.fortinet.com under Asset Management and apply the key to the FortiGate 70F. The appliance’s contract expiry date updates immediately and firmware access is restored for the full year.

FortiCare Premium vs. a Bundle

This license covers TAC support and hardware replacement only. FortiGuard security services (IPS, URL filtering, antivirus, application control) are not included and need active subscriptions of their own. If both the support contract and FortiGuard services need renewing at the same time, the 1-year UTP bundle (FC-10-0070F-950-02-12) or Enterprise bundle (FC-10-0070F-809-02-12) covers FortiCare Premium and all FortiGuard services together. Standalone FortiCare Premium is the right choice when only the support contract has lapsed and FortiGuard services are still within their term.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca carries the full FortiGate 70F service line as an authorized Fortinet Select Partner. FortiCare licenses are sourced directly and fulfill electronically after checkout. If the FortiOS dashboard shows that both support and FortiGuard services are expiring, it is worth checking the UTP or Enterprise bundle SKUs before ordering individually: the bundle usually covers more for a comparable or lower total cost.