Original price was: CAD$5,679.42.CAD$4,531.45Current price is: CAD$4,531.45.
Annual support commitments suit teams on yearly budget cycles or those evaluating whether FortiCare Elite is the right tier before locking in a longer term. This 1-year service keeps the FortiSwitch 1048G covered at Fortinet’s highest support level for a full calendar year, giving network and procurement teams a clean annual renewal point aligned with standard fiscal planning.
FortiCare Elite is Fortinet’s top-tier support offering. For the FortiSwitch 1048G, it provides a 15-minute response SLA for Severity 1 cases, which are defined as network-down conditions. Support is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, delivered by telephone to Fortinet engineers. The service also includes advanced hardware replacement with priority RMA processing, access to the FortiCare Elite monitoring portal for proactive switch health visibility, and extended Long-Term Support (LTS) eligibility so the 1048G can remain on a stable firmware branch beyond the standard support window. Firmware updates and security patches are included for the duration of the term.
The FortiSwitch 1048G carries 48x 25GE SFP28 ports and 100GE uplinks, making it a data-center spine or aggregation layer switch. Any environment where a hardware failure on this switch would immediately affect production traffic across multiple racks or storage fabric connections warrants the FortiCare Elite tier. It is the appropriate choice for enterprises with strict uptime SLAs, colocation operators, and network teams where a Severity 1 incident cannot wait hours for a callback. Teams running the 1048G inside a FortiGate Security Fabric deployment also benefit from coordinated escalation paths across Fortinet products.
This is an electronic license. After the order is confirmed, Fortinet delivers the license key by email, typically within one business day. The key is registered on support.fortinet.com and bound to the FortiSwitch 1048G serial number. No hardware ships and no physical media is involved. Delivery is available worldwide, with no geographic restriction on electronic license fulfillment. Once registered, the Elite support entitlement is active immediately and is visible in the Fortinet support portal alongside any other registered contracts for the device.
FortiCare Elite is available as a standalone support contract, which is this SKU, or packaged together with FortiGuard security subscription services in a bundle SKU. The standalone contract covers support, RMA, and portal access only. If the FortiSwitch 1048G deployment also requires FortiGuard threat intelligence services and the team prefers a single renewal line item, a bundle SKU may simplify administration. If security subscriptions are already managed under a separate contract or are not required for this device, the standalone Elite service is the more precise purchase.
DataCenter360.ca is an authorized Fortinet Select Partner processing orders for customers worldwide. For teams on annual procurement cycles, the 1-year term maps cleanly to a single fiscal year with no multi-year commitment required. Orders are processed promptly and license keys are delivered electronically, so activation can happen quickly after purchase. Contact DataCenter360.ca for volume pricing on multiple devices or to coordinate this contract alongside other Fortinet renewals in the same renewal window.
| Manufacturer | Fortinet |
|---|---|
| Model | FortiSwitch-1048G |
| Product Type | |
| Product Group | |
| End of Order Date (EOO) | Not published yet |
| Last Service Extension Date (LSED) | Not published yet |
| End of Support Date (EOS) | Not published yet |
| Product Family | FortiSwitch |
| MPN | FC-10-FSG48-284-02-12 |
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