Fortinet FortiGate 51G-5G FortiConverter Service, 1-Year (FC-10-F51G5-189-02-12)

Replacing a Cisco, Palo Alto, Check Point, or SonicWall firewall with a FortiGate 51G-5G means rebuilding a rule base that may have grown for years, and a hand re-entry is where mistakes and security gaps creep in. The FortiGate 51G-5G 1-Year FortiConverter Service (FC-10-F51G5-189-02-12) takes that work off your desk: it is a one-time, Fortinet-assisted migration that translates an existing third-party configuration into FortiOS for a 51G-5G, with a twelve-month window to get it done. It is a subscription service only, with no appliance included and electronic delivery worldwide.

What the service covers

FortiConverter as a service is about moving a working policy across vendors cleanly, not about ongoing protection:

• Configuration conversion. Firewall policies, address and service objects, NAT rules, and routing from the source vendor are translated into their FortiOS equivalents.
• Fortinet-assisted migration. The conversion is handled with Fortinet’s migration tooling and expertise, which reduces the manual transcription that causes errors.
• A clean cutover baseline. You move to the 51G-5G with the intent of the old rule set preserved, instead of a from-scratch rebuild that risks dropping a rule someone still depends on.
• One project, one term. The entitlement covers the migration effort within the twelve-month period, sized as a one-time conversion rather than a recurring subscription you renew indefinitely.

Who needs it

This service fits anyone standing up a 51G-5G as a replacement for an existing firewall from another vendor, especially when the current configuration is large or business-critical enough that a manual rewrite would be slow and risky. If the 51G-5G is a brand-new deployment with no prior rule base to carry over, you likely do not need it; the value is entirely in moving an established policy across without losing fidelity.

Activation and delivery

The entitlement is issued electronically and tied to the migration onto a specific FortiGate 51G-5G. There is nothing to ship. Plan to run the conversion within the twelve-month term, and have the source firewall’s configuration available so it can be translated accurately.

A one-time service, not ongoing security

FortiConverter handles the move; it does not protect the 51G-5G afterward. Once the device is live, the threat protection comes from a FortiGuard subscription. The UTP bundle (FC-10-F51G5-950-02-12) covers the broad web and network layers, and the Enterprise bundle (FC-10-F51G5-809-02-12) adds the full inline and advanced set, while a FortiCare contract (FC-10-F51G5-247-02-12) keeps support and firmware current. Most migrations pair this conversion with one of those so the new firewall is both correctly configured and actively defended.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is a Fortinet Select Partner and delivers this migration service electronically, wherever you are. Tell us which firewall you are moving away from and roughly how large the rule base is, and we can set expectations on the conversion before you order. The entitlement is genuine and the checkout is fully secured.