Fortinet FortiWiFi 50G-5G-II FortiCare Premium-to-Elite Upgrade, 5-Year (FC-10-W50G5-204-02-60)

Already on FortiCare Premium for the FortiWiFi 50G-5G-II? FC-10-W50G5-204-02-60 is the upgrade path to Elite for the next five years. Rather than replacing your Premium contract, this license sits on top of it, activating the features that Premium does not include: the 15-minute critical-issue response SLA, the Elite monitoring portal, and Extended Long-Term Support eligibility. A 5-year term means one purchase covers the full deployment window.

What This Upgrade Adds

This SKU moves the FWF-50G-5G-II-A from FortiCare Premium to Elite. It requires an active FortiCare Premium license on the device. The table below shows exactly where the tiers differ:

Who Buys This

Organizations that purchased the FWF-50G-5G-II with a hardware bundle (which typically includes FortiCare Premium) and now want to step up to Elite without buying a full replacement contract. It also applies when you have a standalone FortiCare Premium in place and the response SLA or Elite monitoring portal has become a requirement — for example, after the branch it protects takes on more critical workloads or the unit is brought under a stricter SLA regime.

Activation and Delivery

FC-10-W50G5-204-02-60 is an electronic license. DataCenter360.ca delivers the key within 0 to 1 business days by email. You apply it in the Fortinet Support Portal (support.fortinet.com) against the FWF-50G-5G-II-A serial number. The 60-month upgrade period must align with or co-term to your existing Premium contract; Fortinet’s support portal handles the co-term calculation at registration.

Upgrade vs Buying Standalone Elite

If you don’t already have FortiCare Premium, the standalone Elite license (FC-10-W50G5-284-02-60) is the right purchase — it covers the full Elite tier without requiring a prior contract. The upgrade SKU (this one) only makes economic sense when Premium is already paid for and you want to add the Elite delta on top for the remaining coverage period.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is a Fortinet Select Partner. We issue genuine Fortinet-registered keys. For upgrade licenses in particular, the co-term alignment can be tricky — if the term lengths don’t match cleanly, contact us before ordering and we’ll confirm the right SKU and term for your renewal situation.