Fortinet FortiGate 81F-POE Upgrade FortiCare Premium to Elite, 5-Year (FC-10-F81FP-204-02-60)

Five years is a long commitment to any support contract, and the FC-10-F81FP-204-02-60 assumes you already have FortiCare Premium in place on the FortiGate 81F-POE and want Elite-level coverage for the full remaining hardware lifecycle. This upgrade gives you 60 months of Elite servicing layered on top of your existing Premium subscription, including the Elite monitoring portal and Extended LTS firmware support.

What the Upgrade Covers

FC-10-F81FP-204-02-60 upgrades an active FortiCare Premium subscription on the FortiGate 81F-POE to the Elite tier for 60 months. It adds:

• Fortinet’s Elite monitoring portal for proactive device visibility and faster incident diagnosis
• Extended LTS firmware tracks, so you can stay on a stable branch past Fortinet’s standard end-of-engineering-support window
• Continued 24×7 TAC and hardware RMA already included in Premium, now aligned to the Elite servicing path

This SKU requires an active FortiCare Premium contract on the FortiGate 81F-POE. It does not function as a standalone support subscription.

Who Needs This

Organizations with FortiCare Premium already deployed on their FortiGate 81F-POE for a multi-year term and looking to maximize support coverage without rebuilding the support contract from scratch. The 5-year upgrade fits long-running branch deployments where firmware stability is important and the device will stay in place through its full hardware lifecycle.

Activation and Delivery

FC-10-F81FP-204-02-60 is an electronic subscription. DataCenter360.ca delivers the license key by email within one business day of order confirmation. You register it in the Fortinet support portal against your FortiGate 81F-POE serial number; Fortinet attaches the Elite tier upgrade to the existing Premium contract for 60 months.

Upgrade vs. Full Elite Subscription

If FortiCare Premium is not currently active on this device, this SKU cannot be applied. In that case, consider the standalone FortiCare Elite (FC-10-F81FP-284-02-60) instead. For organizations that want to include FortiGuard security services in the contract, UTP and Enterprise bundle SKUs for the 81F-POE cover support and threat intelligence together.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is a Fortinet Select Partner with direct access to Fortinet’s licensing channel, including multi-year subscription upgrades like the FC-10-F81FP-204-02-60. Orders are fulfilled electronically and delivered worldwide within one business day. Buying through an authorized partner ensures the key registers correctly and carries full Fortinet warranty backing.