Fortinet FortiGate 80F FortiCare Elite Support, 1-Year (FC-10-0080F-284-02-12)

Annual FortiCare Elite gives you Fortinet’s highest support tier for a single calendar year. For organizations that prefer annual budget cycles, want to pilot Elite before committing to a multi-year term, or need to fill a coverage gap, FC-10-0080F-284-02-12 provides the full Elite service set on the FortiGate 80F without a long-term obligation.

What FortiCare Elite Covers

FortiCare Elite is the top level of Fortinet’s three-tier support structure. On the FG-80F, it delivers a 1-hour P1 response SLA, 24×7 phone and email access to Fortinet’s TAC, next-business-day advance-exchange hardware replacement, and access to the FortiCare portal for firmware and tooling. Extended LTS firmware releases and the Elite monitoring portal are also included for this FortiGate platform.

The table below shows how the Elite tier compares to Essential and Premium:

Who Buys This

IT teams on annual procurement cycles and shared-services teams that review support contracts yearly. Also common for a recently acquired FG-80F that needs coverage immediately, with a multi-year renewal decision deferred until the next budget period. Security operations centers wanting to validate Elite monitoring portal value before extending to a 3-year or 5-year term also tend to start here.

Activation and Delivery

The license is electronic, delivered within 0 to 1 business days of order. You receive a registration code by email, which you redeem at support.fortinet.com and bind to your FG-80F serial number. The 12-month service window starts on the activation date, not the purchase date.

Support Coverage vs. Security Subscriptions

FortiCare Elite covers TAC support and hardware replacement but does not include FortiGuard security feeds like IPS, antivirus, or web filtering. If the FG-80F also needs threat protection, a UTP bundle (FC-10-0080F-950-02-12) or Enterprise bundle (FC-10-0080F-809-02-12) combines FortiCare Premium with all FortiGuard services in a single SKU, typically at a lower total cost than purchasing each component separately.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is a Fortinet Select Partner and MSSP handling license orders with same-business-day processing. Activation codes go to any country by email. Our team can confirm serial number compatibility, validate renewal dates, and assist with co-terming if other active Fortinet subscriptions are running on the same appliance.