Fortinet FortiSwitch T1024E 24-Port Multi-Gig Campus Core Switch (FS-T1024E)

When your campus core or data center needs multi-gig access density without giving up 100G headroom, the FortiSwitch T1024E fits the job. Twenty-four auto-negotiating BASE-T ports run at up to 10G each, so existing Cat6/6A cable plants carry full line-rate traffic to servers and high-density AP clusters. Two 100G QSFP28 uplinks, dual hot-swappable AC power supplies, and hardware-based IPv4/IPv6 routing make this a credible distribution-layer platform, not just an access switch.

FortiLink: Unified Security Fabric Management

Connected to a FortiGate via FortiLink, the T1024E becomes a logical extension of the NGFW. Port profiles, VLAN policies, 802.1X NAC, dynamic segmentation, and device quarantine are all managed from a single FortiGate pane. FortiLink also supports active-active split LAG across FortiGate HA pairs, so core redundancy is built in without complex STP tuning.

Campus Core and Data Center Performance

At 880 Gbps full-duplex and 1,309 Mpps forwarding, the T1024E handles fat-tree spine or collapsed core topologies without oversubscription. The two QSFP28 ports accept 100G modules for uplinks to spine or border firewalls, or drop to 40G with QSFP+ transceivers if your upstream fabric runs at that speed. Eight priority queues per port and hardware-based L3 routing keep latency under 1 µs even under full load.

Hardware Resiliency

Dual hot-swappable AC power supplies eliminate single PSU failure as an outage scenario. The front-to-back airflow suits most hot-aisle/cold-aisle data center configurations. An 8 GB SSD provides local log storage and firmware redundancy. MCLAG (multi-chassis LAG) lets two T1024E units act as a logical pair for server dual-homing without relying on spanning tree.

Standalone or Managed Deployment

In standalone mode the T1024E is fully managed via CLI, HTTPS GUI, or REST API. FortiCloud zero-touch provisioning is available for deployments where pre-staging on site is not practical. Switch to FortiLink managed mode at any time; the configuration migrates cleanly. Both modes support SNMP v1/v2c/v3, sFlow, NetFlow/IPFIX, and RSPAN/ERSPAN for full visibility into campus traffic.

Upgrading from Earlier Models

If your existing core runs 1G SFP+ aggregation and you are hitting uplink bottlenecks from high-density Wi-Fi 6/6E or server NIC upgrades to 2.5G/5G, the T1024E’s multi-gig BASE-T access ports handle those speeds natively. The natural upgrade path within the campus core/data center line is the FS-T1024F-FPOE, which adds 802.3bt PoE++ with a 1,440W budget for environments that also power the access layer from the core.

Buying the FortiSwitch T1024E from DataCenter360.ca

DataCenter360.ca is a Fortinet Select Partner based in Canada, stocking the FS-T1024E for same-day or next-business-day shipping across the country. All units are new, factory sealed, and backed by Fortinet’s limited lifetime hardware warranty. Add a FortiCare Premium or Elite support contract at checkout for NBD advance hardware replacement and priority ticket handling.