Fortinet FortiGate 71G 4-Hour On-Site Priority RMA Service, 5-Year (FC-10-GT71G-212-02-60)

Purchasing 5-year 4-Hour On-Site Priority RMA (FC-10-GT71G-212-02-60) at the time of a FortiGate 71G deployment is a clean approach to service planning: one purchase, five years of on-site hardware replacement coverage, and the best per-year price across all three available terms. When a confirmed failure occurs at any point during those five years, Fortinet dispatches a replacement unit and an on-site engineer to your location within four hours.

What This Service Covers

FC-10-GT71G-212-02-60 is a 5-year Priority RMA add-on for the FortiGate 71G providing 4-hour hardware-and-engineer on-site restoration. It requires an active FortiCare Premium or Elite per-device contract on the same serial number. Upon confirmed hardware failure, a courier delivers the replacement appliance within four hours, and a Fortinet-authorized engineer arrives separately to rack, cable, and bring the device online. The engineer collects the defective unit. This is the only Priority RMA option that combines speed of delivery with physical installation handled by a technician — and this 5-year term holds that protection for the full expected lifespan of the appliance.

Who Buys a 5-Year On-Site RMA Term

Organizations that plan hardware lifecycles at the 5-year mark, and those that want to minimize the total number of service renewal events per device. Multi-site IT teams managing branches or retail locations often prefer buying 5-year service bundles alongside hardware to reduce annual procurement overhead. The 5-year term also makes total cost of ownership planning more predictable — the RMA cost is fixed at purchase rather than subject to annual renewal pricing.

FortiCare Tier Comparison

This add-on requires FortiCare Premium or Elite. Standard RMA tiers by support level, before this add-on is applied:

Activation and Delivery

FC-10-GT71G-212-02-60 is an electronic license. DataCenter360.ca delivers activation details by email within 0–1 business days of purchase. Register the service through the Fortinet Support portal and associate it with your FortiGate 71G serial number. Five years of 4-hour on-site Priority RMA coverage activates immediately upon registration with no further steps required during the term.

Comparing 1-, 3-, and 5-Year Terms

All three terms deliver the same 4-hour on-site service. The 1-year (FC-10-GT71G-212-02-12) is the right starting point when deployment duration is uncertain. The 3-year (FC-10-GT71G-212-02-36) fits standard Fortinet renewal cycles. The 5-year term here offers the lowest per-year cost and the fewest renewal events — the right call for a fixed-lifecycle deployment where the FortiGate 71G will run for the full five years.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca provides the FortiGate 71G 4-Hour On-Site Priority RMA in all available terms. We are a Fortinet Select Partner with electronic delivery in 0–1 business days. If you are purchasing multiple units and need to align RMA terms with a hardware rollout date, contact us for support on co-terming and bulk ordering. Before purchasing, verify regional on-site engineer availability with Fortinet — coverage varies by location.