Fortinet FortiGate 50G-5G FortiConverter Service, 1-Year (FC-10-F50G5-189-02-12)

The riskiest part of a firewall swap is rebuilding the rulebase by hand. Type a policy wrong during a migration from a Cisco, Palo Alto, or Check Point box and you either open a hole or break an application. The FortiGate 50G-5G 1-Year FortiConverter Service (FC-10-F50G5-189-02-12) removes that hand-keying: it is a one-time, Fortinet-assisted conversion that translates an existing third-party configuration into FortiOS for a FortiGate 50G-5G, with a twelve-month window to get the migration done. It is a subscription only, with no hardware and electronic delivery worldwide.

What the service includes

FortiConverter is built to make the move onto the 50G-5G accurate rather than improvised:

• Configuration translation: policies, objects, and rules from a supported third-party firewall are converted into the FortiOS equivalent instead of retyped.
• Migration accuracy: the conversion preserves the intent of the original rulebase, which cuts the transcription mistakes that cause outages or gaps.
• One-time engagement: the service covers the project of moving onto the 50G-5G, not an ongoing subscription you keep renewing.
• A year to complete: the twelve-month term gives a realistic window to plan, convert, test, and cut over without racing a short clock.

Who needs it

This fits any team replacing an incumbent firewall with a 50G-5G and carrying over a non-trivial rulebase: a branch migrating off an aging appliance, a managed provider standardizing clients on Fortinet, or anyone who would rather not rebuild dozens of policies by hand and hope nothing was missed. If the config is small and simple, a manual rebuild may be fine; the larger and older the rulebase, the more this service earns its place.

How the one-time service works

The entitlement is issued electronically and registered to the FortiGate 50G-5G by serial number. The conversion is performed through FortiConverter using your exported source configuration, and the twelve-month term is the window to complete the migration, not an always-on feature. Nothing ships, and the converted configuration is reviewed and tested before cutover.

A migration aid, not ongoing protection

FortiConverter gets you onto the 50G-5G cleanly; it does not defend the device afterward. Once the migration is done, the day-to-day protection comes from the FortiGuard services in the UTP or Enterprise bundle. It is common to buy the conversion service alongside a bundle so the new firewall is both configured correctly and protected from the first day it carries traffic.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is an authorized Fortinet Select Partner and delivers this service electronically worldwide. If you tell us which firewall you are migrating from and roughly how large the rulebase is, we can tell you whether FortiConverter is worth it for your move onto a 50G-5G before you order.