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Fortinet FortiSwitchRugged 424F-POE
A fanless, IP40 switch with 40 Gigabit uplinks that runs to 70 C on redundant DC input.
- 12 x 2.5 GE RJ45 with PoE, 12 x 2.5 GE SFP, 4 x 10 GE SFP+ and 2 x 40 GE QSFP+
- 421 W PoE budget with 4-pair 60 W support
- Fanless and IP40 rated, operating to 70 C
- Redundant DC input terminals with reverse power protection
- More than 30 years MTBF and IEC 61850-3 substation compliance
Hardware & subscription options
Every orderable Fortinet part number for this appliance, grouped by licensing tier. Pick the line you need and we will quote it — hardware, licence term and support in one place.
Appliance Only
The FortiGate hardware on its own, with no FortiCare or FortiGuard contract attached.
Fortinet FortiSwitchRugged 424F-POE Appliance
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Fortinet FortiSwitchRugged 424F-POE Switch FortiSwitchRugged-424F-POE Layer 2/3 ruggedized FortiGate switch controller compatible switch, 12x 2.5 GE RJ45, 12x 2.5 GE SFP+, 4x 10 GE SFP+ and 2x 40 GE QSFP+, 12 port PoE 802.3af/at/4-pair 60W with maximum 421W limit. IP40 rating. #FSR-424F-POEGet a Quote
FortiCare Support
Support contracts for the switch: ticket handling, hardware replacement and firmware upgrades.
Fortinet FortiCare Support (Service Subscription - Hardware Required)
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Fortinet FortiCare Premium Support for FortiSwitchRugged 424F-POE - 1 Year #FC-10-R24FP-247-02-12Get a Quote
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Fortinet FortiCare Premium Support for FortiSwitchRugged 424F-POE - 3 Year #FC-10-R24FP-247-02-36Get a Quote
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Fortinet FortiCare Premium Support for FortiSwitchRugged 424F-POE - 5 Year #FC-10-R24FP-247-02-60Get a Quote
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Fortinet FortiCare Elite Support for FortiSwitchRugged 424F-POE - 1 Year #FC-10-R24FP-284-02-12Get a Quote
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Fortinet FortiCare Elite Support for FortiSwitchRugged 424F-POE - 3 Year #FC-10-R24FP-284-02-36Get a Quote
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Fortinet FortiCare Elite Support for FortiSwitchRugged 424F-POE - 5 Year #FC-10-R24FP-284-02-60Get a Quote
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Fortinet FortiCare Essential Support for FortiSwitchRugged 424F-POE - 1 Year #FC-10-R24FP-314-02-12Get a Quote
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Fortinet FortiCare Essential Support for FortiSwitchRugged 424F-POE - 3 Year #FC-10-R24FP-314-02-36Get a Quote
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Fortinet FortiCare Essential Support for FortiSwitchRugged 424F-POE - 5 Year #FC-10-R24FP-314-02-60Get a Quote
Fortinet FortiCare Support Renewal / Upgrade (Service Subscription - Hardware Required)
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Fortinet Upgrade FortiCare Premium to Elite for FortiSwitchRugged 424F-POE (existing FortiCare Premium contract required) - 1 Year #FC-10-R24FP-204-02-12Get a Quote
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Fortinet Upgrade FortiCare Premium to Elite for FortiSwitchRugged 424F-POE (existing FortiCare Premium contract required) - 3 Year #FC-10-R24FP-204-02-36Get a Quote
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Fortinet Upgrade FortiCare Premium to Elite for FortiSwitchRugged 424F-POE (existing FortiCare Premium contract required) - 5 Year #FC-10-R24FP-204-02-60Get a Quote
Licences and Management
Advanced feature licences for standalone operation, and the cloud or FortiSwitchManager licences for managing a fleet.
Fortinet Licences and Management (Software Licence)
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Fortinet Advanced Features Licence for FortiSwitch 400 Series - activates standalone Layer 3 features #FS-SW-LIC-400Get a Quote
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Fortinet FortiLAN Cloud Management for FortiSwitch 200-400 Series including Rugged models - with FortiCare 24x7 - 1 Year #FC-10-FSW10-628-02-12Get a Quote
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Fortinet FortiLAN Cloud Management for FortiSwitch 200-400 Series including Rugged models - with FortiCare 24x7 - 3 Year #FC-10-FSW10-628-02-36Get a Quote
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Fortinet FortiLAN Cloud Management for FortiSwitch 200-400 Series including Rugged models - with FortiCare 24x7 - 5 Year #FC-10-FSW10-628-02-60Get a Quote
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Fortinet FortiSwitchManager subscription for 10 managed switches, with FortiCare Premium for the VM #FC1-10-SWMVM-258-01-DDGet a Quote
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Fortinet FortiSwitchManager subscription for 100 managed switches, with FortiCare Premium for the VM #FC2-10-SWMVM-258-01-DDGet a Quote
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Fortinet FortiSwitchManager subscription for 1000 managed switches, with FortiCare Premium for the VM #FC3-10-SWMVM-258-01-DDGet a Quote
What each FortiCare and FortiGuard option includes
Fortinet licensing separates the hardware, the support contract and the security services. These are the combinations you will see in the part numbers above.
Hardware plus FortiCare Premium and FortiGuard Enterprise Protection
Hardware unit, FortiCare Premium ticket handling, advanced hardware replacement (NBD), firmware and general upgrades, and the Enterprise services bundle - IPS, AI-based inline malware prevention, advanced malware protection, inline CASB database, data loss prevention, application control, URL, DNS and video filtering, antispam, attack surface security, and FortiConverter Service - for the term of the contract.
Hardware plus FortiCare Premium and FortiGuard Unified Threat Protection (UTP)
Hardware unit, FortiCare Premium ticket handling, advanced hardware replacement (NBD), firmware and general upgrades, and the UTP services bundle - IPS, AV, botnet IP and domain, mobile malware, FortiGate Cloud Sandbox including virus outbreak and content disarm and reconstruct, application control, URL, DNS and video filtering, and antispam - for the term of the contract.
Enterprise Protection
FortiCare Premium ticket handling, advanced hardware replacement (NBD), firmware and general upgrades, and the Enterprise services bundle: IPS, AI-based inline malware prevention, advanced malware protection, inline CASB database, data loss prevention, application control, URL, DNS and video filtering, antispam, attack surface security, and FortiConverter Service.
Unified Threat Protection (UTP)
FortiCare Premium ticket handling, advanced hardware replacement (NBD), firmware and general upgrades, and the UTP services bundle: IPS, AV, botnet IP and domain, mobile malware, FortiGate Cloud Sandbox including virus outbreak and content disarm and reconstruct, application control, URL, DNS and video filtering, and antispam.
Advanced Threat Protection (ATP)
FortiCare Premium ticket handling, advanced hardware replacement (NBD), firmware and general upgrades, and the Advanced Threat Protection bundle: IPS, AV, botnet IP and domain, mobile malware, FortiGate Cloud Sandbox including virus outbreak and content disarm and reconstruct, and application control.
FortiCare Essential Support
FortiCare Essential ticket handling, hardware replacement, firmware and general upgrades, and application control.
FortiCare Premium Support
FortiCare Premium ticket handling, advanced hardware replacement (NBD), firmware and general upgrades, and application control.
FortiCare Elite Support
FortiCare Premium support with FortiCare Elite ticket handling.
Some services are sold on annual contracts only, with no multi-year part number available. We confirm the available terms when we quote.
Upgrading or extending an existing FortiCare contract is quoted separately - send us the serial number and we will price the upgrade.
Fortinet FortiSwitchRugged 424F-POE Specifications
Fortinet published maximums, measured under the test conditions noted below.
Hardware
| Total Network Interfaces | 12 x 1/2.5 GE RJ45, 12 x 1/2.5 GE SFP, 4 x 10G SFP+ and 2 x 40G QSFP+ ports |
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| 10/100/1000 Service Ports | 1 |
| RJ-45 Serial Console Port | 1 |
| Power over Ethernet (PoE) Ports | 12 (802.3af/at/UPOE 60 W) |
| PoE Power Budget | 421 W |
| IPv4 / IPv6 Hardware-based Routing | Yes |
| Installation Option | Rack mount |
| Ingress Protection | IP40 |
System Specifications
| Switching Capacity (duplex) | 360 Gbps |
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| Packets Per Second (duplex) | 584 Mpps |
| MAC Address Storage | 32k |
| Network Latency | Less than 1 microsecond |
| VLANs Supported | 4 k |
| Link Aggregation Group Size | Up to 24 |
| Total Link Aggregation Groups | Up to the number of ports |
| Packet Buffers | 4 MB |
| Memory | 1 GB DRAM |
| Flash | 256 MB |
| Queues per Port | 8 |
| ACL | 1.5k |
| Spanning Tree Instances | 16 |
Dimensions
| Length x Width x Height | 1.73 x 16.14 x 17.32 in (44 x 410 x 440 mm) |
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| Weight | 13.9 lbs (6,293 g) |
Power and Environment
| Power Input | Redundant input terminals |
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| Input Voltage Range | 41 to 125 V DC, 15 A maximum to support PoE. 18 to 40 V DC, 6.5 A to support non-PoE operation. |
| Reverse Power Protection | Yes |
| Power Consumption (maximum) | 107.1 W without PoE, 528.6 W with the maximum PoE budget |
| Heat Dissipation | 1704 BTU/hr with PoE, 313.4 BTU/hr without PoE |
| Operating Temperature | -40 to 70 C. Maximum with PoE: 70 C at 105 W PSE, 60 C at 315 W PSE, 50 C at 420 W PSE. |
| Storage Temperature | -40-185 F (-40-85 C) |
| Humidity | 5% to 95% RH non-condensing |
| Operating Altitude | 2,000 m above sea level |
| Cooling | Fanless |
| Mean Time Between Failures | More than 30 years |
Certification and Compliance
| EMI | FCC, CE, RCM, VCCI, BSMI (Class A) |
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| EMS | CE, IEC 61850-3 Ed 2.0:2013 |
| FCC | FCC Part 15, Subpart B, Class A |
| Safety | UL 62368-1 3rd Edition |
| Environmental | Cold IEC 60068-2-1, dry heat IEC 60068-2-2, vibration IEC 60068-2-6, change of temperature IEC 60068-2-14, shock IEC 60068-2-27, damp heat IEC 60068-2-78, IEEE 1613:2009 |
| Railway Applications | By request |
| ATEX | By request |
| Fortinet Warranty | Limited lifetime warranty |
Specifications are from Fortinet’s December 2023 FortiSwitch Rugged datasheet.
Fortinet notes that all PoE FortiSwitches are Alternative-A.
Part numbers are Fortinet catalogue SKUs listed for reference. Availability, term and lead time are confirmed at quote.
FortiSwitchRugged 424F-POE
A fanless, IP40 switch with 40 Gigabit uplinks that runs to 70 C on redundant DC input.
Substation-Grade, With Real Capacity
Most ruggedised switches are small and slow. This one is neither: 360 Gbps of switching, two 40 Gigabit QSFP+ uplinks and twelve PoE ports, all fanless and IP40 rated with IEC 61850-3 compliance for electrical substations. Its maximum operating temperature depends on how much PoE you draw - 70 C at 105 W of PSE, falling to 50 C at 420 W - so the thermal design and the device load are the same decision.
Built for Places a Rack Switch Cannot Go
The Rugged series trades port count and capacity for survivability: fanless cooling, DIN-rail or rack mounting, redundant DC input terminals rather than an AC cord, and an operating range that runs well below freezing. Substations, trackside cabinets, water treatment plants, mines and outdoor enclosures are the deployments - places where an ordinary switch fails on temperature, vibration or dust long before it fails on throughput.
Managed as an Extension of the Firewall
A FortiSwitch can run standalone, but the reason to buy one alongside a FortiGate is FortiLink: the switch becomes a logical extension of the firewall, so ports, VLANs and network access control are configured in the same console as the security policy. That removes the usual split between the team that owns the switch and the team that owns the firewall, and it is why NAC on these switches costs nothing extra.
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