Fortinet FortiSwitch 124G Secure RMA, 5-Year (FC-10-S24GN-301-02-60)

For a FortiSwitch 124G in a regulated or sensitive environment, FC-10-S24GN-301-02-60 provides five years of Secure RMA, the option that lets you retain and destroy any failed unit rather than return it, keeping configuration data on your non-removable storage inside your own walls.

What Secure RMA Covers

FC-10-S24GN-301-02-60 is a 5-Year Secure RMA contract for the FortiSwitch 124G. Fortinet hardware stores configuration on solid-state media that is not field-replaceable, so a failed unit normally has to be returned. Secure RMA changes that: it authorizes non-return of the defective switch, letting you keep and destroy it on premises so no stored data leaves your control. The replacement still ships under your normal RMA terms.

Coverage runs for five years from activation and is tied to one FortiSwitch 124G serial number. Secure RMA addresses data handling, not replacement speed, so it pairs with whichever delivery tier the switch already carries.

Who Needs Secure RMA

This contract suits a FortiSwitch 124G in environments with strict rules on where data and storage media may go: regulated industries, government or defense sites, and any deployment where returning hardware that held configuration is not allowed. If your policies permit standard hardware return, a plain RMA tier is enough; Secure RMA exists for the cases where the failed unit must stay and be destroyed in place.

FortiCare Tiers and RMA Eligibility

RMA service rides on FortiCare. Premium and Elite include advanced replacement and are eligible for add-on RMA options; Essential is return-and-replace only. The table summarizes hardware support and response levels across the tiers:

Activation and Delivery

DataCenter360.ca delivers the FC-10-S24GN-301-02-60 license electronically, usually within one business day of payment, with no physical shipment of the license. Register it at support.fortinet.com against your FortiSwitch 124G serial number. Coverage starts once activation is confirmed, and the underlying FortiCare contract must remain active for the replacement terms to apply.

Secure RMA Versus the Speed Tiers

Secure RMA answers a different question than the delivery tiers. Next Calendar Day (-210-), 4-Hour Delivery (-211-), and 4-Hour with On-Site Engineer (-212-) all set how fast a replacement reaches the FortiSwitch 124G. Secure RMA (-301-), this contract, sets what happens to the failed unit: you retain and destroy it rather than return it. The two can be combined when a site needs both fast recovery and data retention.

Buying from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca, a Fortinet Select Partner, delivers FC-10-S24GN-301-02-60 electronically worldwide, usually within a business day. Five years of Secure RMA gives a FortiSwitch 124G the longest data-retention coverage Fortinet offers, letting you destroy failed units in place. Confirm Secure RMA availability for your location with us, and we can add a faster replacement tier or the matching FortiCare term.