Fortinet FortiGate 80F FortiCare Premium, 5-Year (FC-10-0080F-247-02-60)

Five years of uninterrupted FortiCare Premium on a FortiGate 80F is as straightforward as it sounds: 24/7 support coverage and advance hardware replacement for the full deployment lifecycle of the appliance, with no renewals to track or budget approvals to chase for half a decade. FC-10-0080F-247-02-60 is the right purchase for organizations that have committed to the FortiGate 80F platform for the long term and want support coverage to match.

What the 5-Year FortiCare Premium Term Covers

FC-10-0080F-247-02-60 is a support and maintenance subscription for the FortiGate 80F, active for five years from the registration date. Like other FortiCare Premium SKUs, it does not activate FortiGuard security intelligence services — those are separate. Over the five-year term, this subscription provides:

• 24/7 telephone and email access to Fortinet’s technical support team for the entire five years
• Advance next-business-day hardware replacement for the duration of the term
• Firmware updates, security patches, and all platform releases for the 80F
• Full FortiCare portal, knowledge base, and support tool access
• Eligibility to add Priority RMA for faster hardware dispatch, if needed at any point in the term

This is the Premium support tier. Here is a reference comparison of FortiCare levels:

Who Buys the 5-Year Term

Five-year support commitments typically come from organizations with stable infrastructure that is not expected to change significantly in the near term: branch offices on fixed hardware refresh cycles, education institutions, healthcare sites, or franchise networks with standardized Fortinet deployments. The per-year cost of a 5-year term tends to be the most favorable across all term options, and locking in support pricing now protects against future list price increases. It also reduces procurement overhead to essentially zero for the support category over the period.

One practical note: Fortinet’s hardware lifecycle for the 80F should be considered. The appliance is current-generation as of this writing, and a 5-year coverage window is consistent with typical branch hardware refresh cycles of 5 to 7 years.

Activation and Delivery

FC-10-0080F-247-02-60 is delivered electronically. After payment, DataCenter360.ca generates the activation through the Fortinet partner portal and sends the license details by email, typically within the same business day. The 5-year term registers to the FortiGate 80F’s serial number through FortiCare or FortiCloud. If the appliance currently has an active FortiCare contract, the 5-year term begins from that contract’s end date, so there is no gap and no lost days. Activating well in advance of expiry is fine.

5-Year FortiCare Premium vs. the Full Bundle

FortiCare Premium over a 5-year term still covers only support and hardware replacement. FortiGuard security services remain a separate subscription. A common configuration for a production FortiGate 80F is to hold a 1-year (or multi-year) FortiGuard bundle for security services — renewed as security needs evolve — while holding a 5-year FortiCare Premium for the support and hardware layer, which is more stable and less dependent on annual feature upgrades. That split lets the security subscription stay flexible without risking support coverage for the hardware.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is a Fortinet Select Partner based in Canada, authorized to sell and activate Fortinet subscriptions for customers in Canada and worldwide. Long-term support subscriptions like FC-10-0080F-247-02-60 are fulfilled through the Fortinet partner portal and delivered electronically, so there is no physical shipment regardless of location. If this is part of a broader refresh or coverage consolidation for multiple sites, DataCenter360.ca can accommodate multi-unit quotes and often works through Fortinet’s channel programs to provide competitive pricing on volume orders.