Fortinet FortiGate 71G 4-Hour Hardware Delivery Priority RMA, 1-Year (FC-10-GT71G-211-02-12)

Branches running the FortiGate 71G are often the only point of egress for an entire office — and that office may be hours away from the nearest Fortinet-trained technician. When hardware fails, time matters, but not every location needs an engineer to meet the courier. If your team has the skills to physically swap a firewall, the 4-Hour Hardware Delivery Priority RMA (FC-10-GT71G-211-02-12) covers everything else: a replacement FortiGate 71G arrives within four hours of confirmed failure, day or night, including weekends and holidays. The defective unit ships back to Fortinet after the swap.

What This Service Covers

FC-10-GT71G-211-02-12 is a 1-Year Priority RMA add-on for the FortiGate 71G. It requires an active FortiCare Premium or Elite contract on the same device. Once Fortinet confirms the hardware failure, a replacement unit is dispatched for 4-hour delivery to your registered site address. Installation, configuration restore, and cabling are your responsibility. The service does not include an on-site engineer — that is covered separately by the -212- SKU. FortiCare Essential does not qualify for Priority RMA add-ons.

Who Benefits From This Service

This level of coverage suits organizations that have capable IT staff at or near the site who can perform the physical installation once the part arrives, but cannot afford to wait until the next business day for the unit. Typical buyers include managed service providers servicing clients across multiple branches, mid-sized businesses with in-house network engineers distributed across offices, and any deployment where the FortiGate 71G is the sole WAN gateway and downtime directly affects operations.

FortiCare Tier Comparison

This add-on is available exclusively to FortiCare Premium and Elite subscribers. The table below shows how hardware replacement coverage differs across tiers before the Priority RMA add-on is applied:

Activation and Delivery

DataCenter360.ca delivers FC-10-GT71G-211-02-12 electronically within 0–1 business days of purchase. You receive a license key and activation instructions by email; registration is completed through the Fortinet Support portal, tied to your FortiGate 71G serial number. Coverage is active from the date you register the key and runs for 1-year.

Comparing Priority RMA Options for the FortiGate 71G

Three Priority RMA tiers are available for this model. Next Calendar Day (-210-) ships the replacement by the following calendar day at lower cost. Four-Hour Hardware Delivery (this service, -211-) shortens that to four hours when speed matters more than price. Four-Hour Hardware and On-Site Engineer (-212-) adds a Fortinet-authorized technician for branches with no local IT. Secure RMA (-301-) addresses environments where data destruction of the failed unit is a compliance requirement. Choose based on recovery time objective and local staff availability.

Buying From DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is a Fortinet Select Partner based in Canada, offering the FortiGate 71G 4-Hour Hardware Delivery Priority RMA in 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year terms — FC-10-GT71G-211-02-36, FC-10-GT71G-211-02-12, and FC-10-GT71G-211-02-60 respectively. Licensing is delivered electronically worldwide within 0–1 business days. No minimum order quantity; single-seat purchases accepted.