Fortinet FortiGate 80F-BYPASS FortiCare Elite Support, 1-Year (FC-10-F80FC-284-02-12)

The FortiGate 80F-BYPASS is a specialized variant of the FG-80F built for inline network inspection, with copper bypass ports that allow traffic to pass without inspection if the appliance loses power or encounters a fault. Keeping it covered under FortiCare Elite means any TAC engagement moves quickly: 1-hour P1 response, 24×7 phone access, and a senior engineer on the call from the start.

What FortiCare Elite Covers

FortiCare Elite is Fortinet’s highest support tier. For the FG-80F-BYPASS (license prefix FC-10-F80FC), it delivers a 1-hour response SLA for Priority 1 issues, 24×7 phone and email access to Fortinet’s TAC, accelerated escalation to senior engineers, and next-business-day advance-exchange RMA. Access to the FortiCare portal for firmware downloads and tooling is included, along with extended LTS firmware and the Elite monitoring portal for this FortiGate platform.

This is the Elite tier of FortiCare:

Who Buys This

The FG-80F-BYPASS is typically deployed inline on perimeter links where a firewall failure would drop all traffic through that path. Operators of these environments choose FortiCare Elite because the bypass ports handle fail-open gracefully, but any firmware issue, policy misconfiguration, or service degradation still requires fast TAC resolution. Financial branch offices, campus edge connections, and dense-access networks with inline inspection requirements are the common deployment contexts.

Activation and Delivery

This is an electronic subscription delivered within 0 to 1 business days of purchase. You receive a registration code by email, activated at support.fortinet.com against your FG-80F-BYPASS serial number. The 12-month service term begins on the activation date. No physical delivery is required.

Support Coverage vs. Security Subscriptions

FortiCare Elite is a support contract and does not include FortiGuard security subscriptions such as IPS, antivirus, or web filtering. If the FG-80F-BYPASS also requires active threat prevention, a FortiGuard bundle, UTP (FC-10-F80FC-950-02-12) or Enterprise (FC-10-F80FC-809-02-12), combines FortiCare Premium with all security services in one SKU. The Premium-to-Elite upgrade (FC-10-F80FC-204-02-xx) can then be applied on top of a bundle to reach Elite-level response.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is an authorized Fortinet Select Partner and MSSP shipping licenses electronically to customers worldwide within 0 to 1 business days of order. For FG-80F-BYPASS deployments, our team can confirm serial number eligibility and co-term compatibility with any existing FortiGuard subscriptions on the same unit.