Fortinet FortiGate 50G-SFP-PoE Next Calendar Day Priority RMA, 5-Year (FC-10-F50GP-210-02-60)

Not every deployment requires a four-hour courier window. For branch sites with a short walk-in tolerance for overnight downtime, or for secondary appliances that fail over to a primary while a replacement is in transit, next calendar day delivery provides a meaningful improvement over standard advance replacement at a noticeably lower cost. The Fortinet FortiGate 50G-SFP-PoE 5-Year Next Calendar Day Priority RMA Service (FC-10-F50GP-210-02-60) locks in that coverage for five years from a single purchase, applying every calendar day including weekends and public holidays.

What Next Calendar Day Priority RMA Covers

Once Fortinet’s Technical Assistance Center confirms a hardware failure and issues the RMA case, a courier dispatches with a replacement FortiGate 50G-SFP-PoE unit. Delivery is targeted for the next calendar day following case confirmation, in accordance with the applicable country cutoff time. Weekends and public holidays count; this is not a next-business-day guarantee. The failed unit is returned separately after the replacement is operational. This is a subscription add-on requiring FortiCare Premium or Elite on the same appliance. FortiCare Essential does not qualify.

Who Selects the 5-Year NCD Tier

Managed service providers often find the 5-year Next Calendar Day term the most cost-effective way to cover a portfolio of branch appliances where the HA architecture means a next-day swap is within acceptable downtime thresholds. Network engineers who specify the FortiGate 50G-SFP-PoE as a PoE branch gateway in hub-and-spoke topologies sometimes prefer the NCD tier because the central hub provides interim connectivity while the branch replacement unit is in transit. The 5-year term eliminates five annual renewals and the PO overhead that comes with them.

Activation and Delivery

This is an electronic license. After purchase, a Fortinet key arrives by email. Register it against the FortiGate 50G-SFP-PoE serial number in the Fortinet Support Portal, and coverage activates at registration. There is no physical shipment of the license itself. The coverage start date is the date of registration; register promptly after receipt to avoid a gap.

FortiCare Support Tiers and RMA Levels

Priority RMA is a paid add-on that sits on top of an existing FortiCare Premium or Elite contract. The table below shows how base RMA coverage differs by tier and which tiers are eligible for this upgrade:

NCD vs. 4-Hour Courier and vs. a Full Bundle

Next Calendar Day (this service) falls between standard advance replacement and the 4-Hour Hardware courier tier in both response speed and cost. For deployments where a one-day window is operationally acceptable, it is the practical choice. If a four-hour response is required, the FC-10-F50GP-211-02-60 5-year version of that tier is available at DataCenter360.ca. Separately, this add-on covers hardware replacement speed only, not FortiGuard security subscriptions. If you need both the next-day hardware SLA and FortiGuard coverage, review the UTP or Enterprise subscription bundles for the FortiGate 50G-SFP-PoE.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca carries the full range of Priority RMA terms and tiers for the FortiGate 50G-SFP-PoE, so you can compare NCD and 4-hour options and purchase the right level in one transaction rather than sourcing from multiple vendors. As a Fortinet Select Partner, we confirm country-level courier availability before your order is placed where there is any uncertainty about the deployment location. The license is delivered electronically, typically same business day for orders placed before 2pm ET.