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FortiGate 4201F

FortiGate 4201F

FortiGate 4200F Series

Fortinet FortiGate 4201F

Hyperscale Next Generation Firewall with Onboard SSD Storage

8x 100GE/40GE QSFP28 and 18x 25GE/10GE SFP28 interfaces with NP7 + CP9 acceleration and 2x 2 TB onboard SSD storage. 52 Gbps IPS, 45 Gbps threat protection, 50 Gbps SSL inspection and 210 million concurrent sessions.
45 Gbps
Threat Prevention
50 Gbps
SSL Inspection
210,000,000
Concurrent Sessions


Overview

The FortiGate 4200F series NGFW delivers high speed networking, increased scalability, and optimized performance features. Enterprises and service providers using the FortiGate NGFW can manage all of their security risks with the industry’s best-of-breed IPS, SSL inspection, and threat protection. The FortiGate 4200F series can be deployed at the enterprise edge, the hybrid and hyperscale data center core, and across internal segments. The multiple high-speed interfaces, high port density, superior security efficacy, and high throughput of this series keeps your network connected and secure.

Security
  • Prevents volumetric attacks with HW accelerated DDoS and Identifies thousands of applications inside network traffic for deep inspection and granular policy enforcement
  • Protects against malware, exploits, and malicious websites in both encrypted and non-encrypted traffic environments
  • Prevents and detects against known and unknown attacks using continuous threat intelligence supplied by AI powered FortiGuard Labs security services
Performance
  • Provides security for very high throughput flows known as Elephant flows
  • Delivers the industry’s best threat protection performance and ultra-low latency using purpose-built security processor (SPU) technology
  • Provides industry-leading performance and protection for SSL encrypted traffic
  • Handles large amount of event-based connections burst
Certification
  • Independently tested and validated for industry-best security effectiveness and performance
  • Received unparalleled third-party certifications from NSS Labs
Networking
  • Enables scalable segmentation powered by HW accelerated VXLAN technologies
  • Delivers advanced networking capabilities that seamlessly integrate with advanced layer 7 security and virtual domains (VDOMs) to offer extensive deployment flexibility, multi-tenancy and effective utilization of resources
  • Delivers high-density, flexible combinations of various highspeed interfaces to enable the best TCO for customers at data centers and WAN deployments
Management
  • Includes a management console that is effective, simple to use, and provides comprehensive network automation & visibility.
  • Provides Zero Touch Integration with the Security Fabric’s Single Pane of Glass Management
  • Predefined compliance checklist analyzes the deployment and highlights best practices to improve overall security posture
Security Fabric
  • Enables Fortinet and Fabric-ready partners’ products to provide broader visibility, integrated end-to-end detection, threat intelligence sharing and automated remediation

Highlights

  • Delivers the industry’s first compact hyperscale firewall that provides HW accelerated VXLAN and DDoS protection
  • Provides security for very high throughput flows known as Elephant flows
  • Delivers the industry’s highest speed NGFW with unprecedented Threat Protection and SSL inspection performance in a compact 3U appliance.
  • With uplinks in typical datacenter designs moving to the 40 Gbps and 100 Gbps combination provides superior flexibility and reduction in port and cable costs.
  • Management interface redundancy and hot swappable/redundant power supplies.

Hardware

Specifications

Technical Specifications

Interfaces and Modules 9
FG-4200F/-DC FG-4201F/-DC
100 GE QSFP28 / 40 GE QSFP+ Slots 8
25 GE SFP28 / 10 GE SFP+ / GE SFP Slots 16
25 GE SFP28 / 10 GE SFP+ / GE SFP HA Slots 2
25 GE SFP28 / 10 GE SFP+ / GE SFP AUX Slots 2
GE RJ45 Management Ports 2
USB Ports 1
Console Port 1
Internal Storage - 2x 2TB SSD
Included Transceivers 2x SFP+ (SR 10GE)
System Performance u2014 Enterprise Traffic Mix 3
FG-4200F/-DC FG-4201F/-DC
IPS Throughput 52 Gbps
NGFW Throughput 47 Gbps
Threat Protection Throughput 45 Gbps
System Performance and Capacity 23
FG-4200F/-DC FG-4201F/-DC
Firewall Throughput (1518 / 512 / 64 byte, UDP) 800 / 788 / 400 Gbps
IPv6 Firewall Throughput (1518 / 512 / 86 byte, UDP) 800 / 788 / 400 Gbps
Firewall Latency (64 byte, UDP) 3.02 u00b5s
Firewall Throughput (Packet per Second) 600 Mpps
Concurrent Sessions (TCP) 210 Million / 450 Million
New Sessions/Second (TCP) 1 Million / 7 Million
Firewall Policies 200,000
IPsec VPN Throughput (512 byte) 210 Gbps
Gateway-to-Gateway IPsec VPN Tunnels 40,000
Client-to-Gateway IPsec VPN Tunnels 200,000
SSL-VPN Throughput 16 Gbps
Concurrent SSL-VPN Users (Recommended Maximum, Tunnel Mode) 30,000
SSL Inspection Throughput (IPS, avg. HTTPS) 50 Gbps
SSL Inspection CPS (IPS, avg. HTTPS) 23,000
SSL Inspection Concurrent Session (IPS, avg. HTTPS) 9 Million
Application Control Throughput (HTTP 64K) 135 Gbps
CAPWAP Throughput (HTTP 64K) 47 Gbps
Virtual Domains (Default / Maximum) 10 / 500
Maximum Number of FortiSwitches Supported 300
Maximum Number of FortiAPs (Total / Tunnel Mode) 8,192 / 4,096
Maximum Number of FortiTokens 20,000
Maximum Number of Registered FortiClients 50,000
High Availability Configurations Active / Active, Active / Passive, Clustering
Dimensions and Power 11
FG-4200F/-DC FG-4201F/-DC
Height x Width x Length (inches) 5.22 x 17.20 x 26.17
Height x Width x Length (mm) 132.5 x 437 x 664.8
Weight 59.75 lbs (27.10 kg) 61.07 lbs (27.7 kg)
Form Factor (supports EIA / non-EIA standards) Rack Mount, 3 RU
AC Power Input 100u2013240V AC, 50/60 Hz
AC Current (Maximum) 13.5A@120V, 5.5A@240V
Power Consumption (Average/ Maximum) 931 W / 1291 W 940 W / 1306 W
Heat Dissipation 4405 BTU/h 4456 BTU/h
DC Power Supply -48V to -60V DC
DC Current (Maximum Rated) 25A to 32A per PSU
Redundant Power Supplies Default 1+1 Redundant, Hot Swappable
Operating Environment and Certifications 7
FG-4200F/-DC FG-4201F/-DC
Operating Temperature 32u2013104u00b0F (0u201340u00b0C)
Storage Temperature -31u2013158u00b0F (-35u201370u00b0C)
Humidity 20u201390% non-condensing
Noise Level 57 dBA
Operating Altitude Up to 7,400 ft (2,250 m)
Compliance FCC Part 15 Class A, RCM, VCCI, CE, UL/ cUL, CB
Certifications ICSA Labs: Firewall, IPsec, IPS, Antivirus, SSLVPN; USGv6/IPv6

Products

Fortinet Products

FortiGate 4201F Base Appliance
FortiGate-4201F 8x 100GE/40GE QSFP28 slots and 18x 25GE/10GE SFP28 slots, 2x GE RJ45 Management Ports, SPU NP7 and CP9 hardware accelerated, 2x 1.92TB storage and 2 AC power supplies. #FG-4201F
FortiGate 4201F Hardware Bundles (FortiCare Premium + FortiGuard)
Hardware unit plus FortiCare Premium support and FortiGuard security subscription bundle for the selected term.
FortiGate-4201F Hardware plus 1 Year FortiCare Premium and FortiGuard Enterprise Protection #FG-4201F-BDL-809-12
FortiGate-4201F Hardware plus 3 Year FortiCare Premium and FortiGuard Enterprise Protection #FG-4201F-BDL-809-36
FortiGate-4201F Hardware plus 5 Year FortiCare Premium and FortiGuard Enterprise Protection #FG-4201F-BDL-809-60
FortiGate-4201F Hardware plus 1 Year FortiCare Premium and FortiGuard Unified Threat Protection (UTP) #FG-4201F-BDL-950-12
FortiGate-4201F Hardware plus 3 Year FortiCare Premium and FortiGuard Unified Threat Protection (UTP) #FG-4201F-BDL-950-36
FortiGate-4201F Hardware plus 5 Year FortiCare Premium and FortiGuard Unified Threat Protection (UTP) #FG-4201F-BDL-950-60
Accessories
Rack mount tray Rack mount tray for all FortiGate E, F and G series desktop models (except 30G) and backward compatible with SP-RackTray-01. For list of compatible FortiGate products, visit Documentation website. #SP-RACKTRAY-02
FortiGate 4201F FortiCare Support and FortiGuard Services
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year Advanced Threat Protection (IPS, Advanced Malware Protection Service, Application Control, and FortiCare Premium) #FC-10-F421F-928-02-12
FortiGate-4201F 3 Year Advanced Threat Protection (IPS, Advanced Malware Protection Service, Application Control, and FortiCare Premium) #FC-10-F421F-928-02-36
FortiGate-4201F 5 Year Advanced Threat Protection (IPS, Advanced Malware Protection Service, Application Control, and FortiCare Premium) #FC-10-F421F-928-02-60
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year FortiCare Elite Support #FC-10-F421F-284-02-12
FortiGate-4201F 3 Year FortiCare Elite Support #FC-10-F421F-284-02-36
FortiGate-4201F 5 Year FortiCare Elite Support #FC-10-F421F-284-02-60
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year FortiCare Premium Support #FC-10-F421F-247-02-12
FortiGate-4201F 3 Year FortiCare Premium Support #FC-10-F421F-247-02-36
FortiGate-4201F 5 Year FortiCare Premium Support #FC-10-F421F-247-02-60
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year FortiConverter Service for one time configuration conversion service #FC-10-F421F-189-02-12
Hyperscale Firewall License Hyperscale Firewall License for FortiGate FG-4200F/ 4201F / 4200F-DC/ 4201F-DC Series for hardware acceleration #LIC-FG42F-HYPSC
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year Unified Threat Protection (UTP) (IPS, Advanced Malware Protection, Application Control, URL, DNS & Video Filtering, Antispam Service, and FortiCare Premium) #FC-10-F421F-950-02-12
FortiGate-4201F 3 Year Unified Threat Protection (UTP) (IPS, Advanced Malware Protection, Application Control, URL, DNS & Video Filtering, Antispam Service, and FortiCare Premium) #FC-10-F421F-950-02-36
FortiGate-4201F 5 Year Unified Threat Protection (UTP) (IPS, Advanced Malware Protection, Application Control, URL, DNS & Video Filtering, Antispam Service, and FortiCare Premium) #FC-10-F421F-950-02-60
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) including Antivirus, Mobile Malware and FortiGate Cloud Sandbox Service #FC-10-F421F-100-02-12
FortiGate-4201F 3 Year Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) including Antivirus, Mobile Malware and FortiGate Cloud Sandbox Service #FC-10-F421F-100-02-36
FortiGate-4201F 5 Year Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) including Antivirus, Mobile Malware and FortiGate Cloud Sandbox Service #FC-10-F421F-100-02-60
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year Enterprise Protection (IPS, DLP, AMP, Antispam, AI-Based Malware Prevention, Application Control, URL/DNS/Video Filtering, FortiConverter, IoT Security, Security Rating, and FortiCare Premium) #FC-10-F421F-809-02-12
FortiGate-4201F 3 Year Enterprise Protection (IPS, DLP, AMP, Antispam, AI-Based Malware Prevention, Application Control, URL/DNS/Video Filtering, FortiConverter, IoT Security, Security Rating, and FortiCare Premium) #FC-10-F421F-809-02-36
FortiGate-4201F 5 Year Enterprise Protection (IPS, DLP, AMP, Antispam, AI-Based Malware Prevention, Application Control, URL/DNS/Video Filtering, FortiConverter, IoT Security, Security Rating, and FortiCare Premium) #FC-10-F421F-809-02-60
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year FortiAnalyzer Cloud: cloud-Based central logging & analytics. Include All FortiGate log types, IOC Service, Security Automation Service and FortiGuard Outbreak Detection Service. #FC-10-F421F-585-02-12
FortiGate-4201F 3 Year FortiAnalyzer Cloud: cloud-Based central logging & analytics. Include All FortiGate log types, IOC Service, Security Automation Service and FortiGuard Outbreak Detection Service. #FC-10-F421F-585-02-36
FortiGate-4201F 5 Year FortiAnalyzer Cloud: cloud-Based central logging & analytics. Include All FortiGate log types, IOC Service, Security Automation Service and FortiGuard Outbreak Detection Service. #FC-10-F421F-585-02-60
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year FortiGuard AI-based Inline Malware Prevention Service #FC-10-F421F-577-02-12
FortiGate-4201F 3 Year FortiGuard AI-based Inline Malware Prevention Service #FC-10-F421F-577-02-36
FortiGate-4201F 5 Year FortiGuard AI-based Inline Malware Prevention Service #FC-10-F421F-577-02-60
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year FortiGuard Data Loss Prevention Service #FC-10-F421F-589-02-12
FortiGate-4201F 3 Year FortiGuard Data Loss Prevention Service #FC-10-F421F-589-02-36
FortiGate-4201F 5 Year FortiGuard Data Loss Prevention Service #FC-10-F421F-589-02-60
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year FortiGuard IPS Service #FC-10-F421F-108-02-12
FortiGate-4201F 3 Year FortiGuard IPS Service #FC-10-F421F-108-02-36
FortiGate-4201F 5 Year FortiGuard IPS Service #FC-10-F421F-108-02-60
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year FortiGuard OT Security Service (OT dashboards and compliance reports, OT application and service detection, OT vulnerability correlation, OT virtual patching, OT signatures - Application Control and IPS rules) #FC-10-F421F-159-02-12
FortiGate-4201F 3 Year FortiGuard OT Security Service (OT dashboards and compliance reports, OT application and service detection, OT vulnerability correlation, OT virtual patching, OT signatures - Application Control and IPS rules) #FC-10-F421F-159-02-36
FortiGate-4201F 5 Year FortiGuard OT Security Service (OT dashboards and compliance reports, OT application and service detection, OT vulnerability correlation, OT virtual patching, OT signatures - Application Control and IPS rules) #FC-10-F421F-159-02-60
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year FortiGuard URL, DNS & Video Filtering Service #FC-10-F421F-112-02-12
FortiGate-4201F 3 Year FortiGuard URL, DNS & Video Filtering Service #FC-10-F421F-112-02-36
FortiGate-4201F 5 Year FortiGuard URL, DNS & Video Filtering Service #FC-10-F421F-112-02-60
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year Managed FortiGate service, available 24x7, with Fortinet NOC experts performing device setup, network, and policy change management #FC-10-F421F-660-02-12
FortiGate-4201F 3 Year Managed FortiGate service, available 24x7, with Fortinet NOC experts performing device setup, network, and policy change management #FC-10-F421F-660-02-36
FortiGate-4201F 5 Year Managed FortiGate service, available 24x7, with Fortinet NOC experts performing device setup, network, and policy change management #FC-10-F421F-660-02-60
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year SOCaaS: 24x7 cloud-based managed log monitoring, incident triage and SOC escalation service #FC-10-F421F-464-02-12
FortiGate-4201F 3 Year SOCaaS: 24x7 cloud-based managed log monitoring, incident triage and SOC escalation service #FC-10-F421F-464-02-36
FortiGate-4201F 5 Year SOCaaS: 24x7 cloud-based managed log monitoring, incident triage and SOC escalation service #FC-10-F421F-464-02-60
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year Upgrade FortiCare Premium to Elite (Require FortiCare Premium) #FC-10-F421F-204-02-12
FortiGate-4201F 3 Year Upgrade FortiCare Premium to Elite (Require FortiCare Premium) #FC-10-F421F-204-02-36
FortiGate-4201F 5 Year Upgrade FortiCare Premium to Elite (Require FortiCare Premium) #FC-10-F421F-204-02-60
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year SD-WAN Service Bundle (SD-WAN Underlay & Application Monitoring, Overlay Orchestration, FortiSASE 100-user starter kit, SASE Secure Private Access (SPA) Connector, FortiGuard SD-WAN SLA Database Updates, FortiTelemetry Cloud, IoT Security, Security Rating, 1-Year Cloud Log Retention, and FortiCare Premium). #FC-10-F421F-1329-02-12
FortiGate-4201F 3 Year SD-WAN Service Bundle (SD-WAN Underlay & Application Monitoring, Overlay Orchestration, FortiSASE 100-user starter kit, SASE Secure Private Access (SPA) Connector, FortiGuard SD-WAN SLA Database Updates, FortiTelemetry Cloud, IoT Security, Security Rating, 1-Year Cloud Log Retention, and FortiCare Premium). #FC-10-F421F-1329-02-36
FortiGate-4201F 5 Year SD-WAN Service Bundle (SD-WAN Underlay & Application Monitoring, Overlay Orchestration, FortiSASE 100-user starter kit, SASE Secure Private Access (SPA) Connector, FortiGuard SD-WAN SLA Database Updates, FortiTelemetry Cloud, IoT Security, Security Rating, 1-Year Cloud Log Retention, and FortiCare Premium). #FC-10-F421F-1329-02-60
FortiGate-4201F 1 Year SD-WAN Service Bundle (SD-WAN Underlay & Application Monitoring, FortiGuard SD-WAN SLA Database Updates, SD-WAN Overlay Orchestration Service, FortiSASE 100-user starter kit, SASE Secure Private Access (SPA) Connector, FortiTelemetry Cloud, and 1-year cloud-based log retention). #FC-10-F421F-1389-02-12
FortiGate-4201F 3 Year SD-WAN Service Bundle (SD-WAN Underlay & Application Monitoring, FortiGuard SD-WAN SLA Database Updates, SD-WAN Overlay Orchestration Service, FortiSASE 100-user starter kit, SASE Secure Private Access (SPA) Connector, FortiTelemetry Cloud, and 1-year cloud-based log retention). #FC-10-F421F-1389-02-36
FortiGate-4201F 5 Year SD-WAN Service Bundle (SD-WAN Underlay & Application Monitoring, FortiGuard SD-WAN SLA Database Updates, SD-WAN Overlay Orchestration Service, FortiSASE 100-user starter kit, SASE Secure Private Access (SPA) Connector, FortiTelemetry Cloud, and 1-year cloud-based log retention). #FC-10-F421F-1389-02-60

Pricing Notes:

  • Hardware plus FortiCare Premium and FortiGuard Enterprise Protection Hardware Unit, FortiCare Premium Ticket Handling, Advanced Hardware Replacement (NBD), Firmware and General Upgrades, Enterprise Services Bundle (IPS, AI-based Inline Malware Prevention, Advanced Malware Protection, Inline CASB Database, Data Loss Prevention, Application Control, URL, DNS & Video Filtering, Antispam, Attack Surface Security, and FortiConverter Service) plus term of 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, UTP Services Bundle (IPS, AV, Botnet IP/Domain, Mobile Malware, FortiGate Cloud Sandbox including Virus Outbreak and Content Disarm & Reconstruct, Application Control, URL, DNS & Video Filtering and Antispam Service) plus term of contract
  • FortiCare Premium Support FortiCare Premium Ticket Handling, Advanced Hardware Replacement (NBD), Firmware and General Upgrades, Application Control
  • FortiCare Elite Support FortiCare Premium Support with FortiCare Elite Ticket Handling for priority response and escalation management.
  • Support contracts available in 1-year, 3-year, and 5-year terms.
  • Pricing and product availability subject to change without notice.

FAQ

Common Questions

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The FortiGate 4201F is accelerated by Fortinet SPU NP7 network processors and the CP9 content processor, with a Hyperscale Firewall License available for hardware-accelerated CGNAT.

The FortiGate 4201F is identical to the 4200F in performance but adds 2x 2 TB onboard SSD storage for local logging and reporting.

It delivers 52 Gbps IPS, 45 Gbps threat protection, 50 Gbps SSL inspection and 210 million concurrent sessions.

Yes. The FortiGate 4201F provides integrated Zero Trust Network Access (ZTNA) enforcement within the NGFW for verified, seamless application access.

Description

The FortiGate 4201F enables organizations to build security-driven networks deep into the data center, with 8x 100GE/40GE QSFP28 and 18x 25GE/10GE SFP28 interfaces and Fortinet SPU acceleration. AI/ML FortiGuard Services and the Security Fabric deliver coordinated, automated threat protection with integrated ZTNA, and includes 2x 2 TB onboard SSD storage for local logging.

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