Fortinet FortiGate 50G Secure RMA Service, 1-Year (FC-10-GT50G-301-02-12)

Not every deployment starts with a 5-year plan. FC-10-GT50G-301-02-12 brings 1-year Secure RMA coverage to the FortiGate 50G without a long-term commitment, giving compliance and IT teams a documented data-destruction guarantee for the current year of operation while they assess whether to extend coverage at renewal time.

What Secure RMA Does

Under a standard RMA, a failed FortiGate 50G is returned to Fortinet for refurbishment, but no formal data destruction process is applied to the onboard 64 GB SSD. Secure RMA (301) changes that: Fortinet applies a certified destruction process to the storage of any returned unit and issues a Certificate of Data Destruction as part of the case record. For organizations with policies around media disposal, that certificate is the difference between a closed-loop process and an open-ended one.

FortiCare Support Tier Comparison

Secure RMA requires FortiCare Premium or Elite. The table below shows how FortiCare tiers compare on hardware replacement and response time:

Who Should Consider This

The 1-year term suits new FortiGate 50G deployments where the organization wants Secure RMA from day one without locking into a multi-year contract. It also applies to sites that manage IT budgets and contract renewals on an annual cycle, or where hardware lifecycle planning is still in progress. Financial services firms, law firms, and healthcare providers that process sensitive data at branch sites are common buyers of RMA service add-ons at the 1-year entry level.

Activation and Delivery

This is an electronic license with delivery within 0-1 business days of purchase. Activate the contract key at support.fortinet.com against your FortiGate 50G serial number and active FortiCare Premium or Elite subscription. Coverage begins immediately on registration and applies to any RMA event that occurs within the 1-year window.

Single Service vs. a Bundle

FC-10-GT50G-301-02-12 covers secure device disposal only. For a new FortiGate 50G that also needs security services, UTP (FC-10-GT50G-950-02-12) or Enterprise (FC-10-GT50G-809-02-12) subscription bundles include FortiCare Premium plus IPS, URL filtering, anti-malware, DNS security, and application control. These bundles satisfy the FortiCare Premium prerequisite while delivering the full FortiGuard stack in a single renewal.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is a Fortinet Select Partner supplying FortiGate 50G licenses to Canadian businesses and customers worldwide. Secure RMA is available in 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year terms; we can confirm current contract alignment and provide quotes for multi-device or multi-year purchases on request.