Fortinet FortiGate 1000F

19 Gbps IPS, two 100 GE QSFP28 slots and 198 Gbps of firewall throughput in 2 RU — the first step into data centre scale.

Where the Rackmount Range Turns Into Data Centre Kit

The 1000F is the first FortiGate that stops being a campus appliance. Two 100 GE QSFP28 slots and eight 25 GE SFP28 slots put it at a data centre spine rather than a building edge, and 198 Gbps of firewall throughput across 7.5 million concurrent sessions is the capacity to sit in that path. Nineteen Gbps of IPS and 13 Gbps of threat protection are the numbers that matter once inspection is switched on.

Thirty-Five Interfaces in Two Rack Units

Eight 10 GE RJ45 slots that step down to 100M, sixteen 10 GE SFP+, eight 25 GE SFP28 and two 100 GE QSFP28, plus a dedicated management port and a 2.5 GE HA port. A TPM is on board for key storage. There is no onboard SSD on this model - if the unit needs to keep its own log history rather than ship every event to a FortiAnalyzer, the 1001F is the same appliance with 960 GB of storage fitted.

NP7 and CP9, Two Rack Units

The throughput comes from Fortinet’s own silicon rather than a larger CPU: NP7 network processors handle session setup and forwarding inline, and the CP9 content processor takes the SSL and pattern-matching load off the main cores. That is what fits this capacity into 2 RU on 408 W at maximum draw, with two hot-swappable supplies fitted by default.