Fortinet FortiGate 81F FortiCare Premium, 3-Year (FC-10-0081F-247-02-36)

Three years of FortiCare Premium on a FortiGate 81F covers the standard mid-lifecycle window for most branch deployments. FC-10-0081F-247-02-36 runs from activation through 36 months: telephone-backed support, one-hour critical response, and advanced replacement coverage, with no annual renewal to track. License only, delivered electronically, no hardware included.

What FortiCare Premium covers

Premium is Fortinet’s mid-tier support: telephone access to their technical team, one-hour Priority 1 response, ship-first advanced hardware replacement (Fortinet dispatches the replacement before you return the failed unit), full firmware and patch releases for the registered FG-81F, asset portal access, and eligibility to stack a Priority RMA add-on if same-day dispatch is required at critical sites.

FortiCare tiers at a glance

This contract is FortiCare Premium. The table below shows all three tiers so you can confirm it is the right level, or step up if you need Elite response times.

Why three years for this model

The FG-81F is a current-generation branch appliance with a 128 GB SSD for local logging, 10 x GE RJ45 ports, and FortiSoC4 processing. Most deployments run it for three to five years before the next refresh cycle, and a matching three-year support contract keeps the admin calendar clear. There are no annual renewals to miss, and the per-year cost of a multi-year contract is lower than stacking 1-year terms.

Activation and delivery

Electronic delivery, typically 0 to 1 business days, available to any country. Register the contract against the FortiGate 81F serial in the FortiCare portal and coverage starts immediately. You can provide the serial at checkout or send it afterward; either way we confirm the registration is clean before the contract is active.

Premium versus a bundled subscription

This contract is support only. FortiGuard security services — IPS, antivirus, web filtering, application control — are separate and covered by the UTP (FC-10-0081F-950-02-36) or Enterprise (FC-10-0081F-809-02-36) 3-year bundles. If both support and security subscriptions need renewing, a bundle is the single-line option. Buy this standalone when only the FortiCare tier needs topping up and your security subscriptions are already current through another term.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

As an authorized Fortinet Select Partner, DataCenter360.ca issues these contracts directly with same-business-day electronic delivery in most cases. A 3-year Premium contract on the 81F is a common line item for clients doing a planned hardware refresh and wanting to lock in support for the full deployment window. Send the serial and we will confirm everything registers correctly.