FortiGate-1801F-BDL-950-12

Fortinet FG-1801F-BDL-950-12 Firewall

Description

FG‑1801F is part of the FortiGate 1800F series of high‑performance next‑generation firewalls. The “BDL‑950‑12” suffix indicates it’s a bundle SKU, which includes 1 year of FortiCare support plus FortiGuard Unified Threat Protection (UTP) services. Often, there is also a “‑DC” variant (for DC power) as seen in some listings (e.g. FG‑1801F‑DC‑BDL‑950‑12)

The FortiGate 1800F series delivers high performance next generation firewall (NGFW) capabilities for large enterprises and service providers. With multiple high-speed interfaces, high-port density and high throughput, ideal deployments are at the enterprise edge, hybrid and hyperscale data center core and across internal segments. Leverage industry-leading IPS, SSL inspection and advanced threat protection to optimize your network’s performance. Fortinet’s Security-Driven Networking approach provides tight integration of the network to the new generation of security.

Key Features  & Advantages

1. Very High Throughput & Low Latency

   • It can handle ~198 Gbps in firewall throughput (large packet / enterprise traffic mix) without choking.
   • Latency is very low — e.g. ~3.2‑4 μs for small packet traffic.
   • IPS (Intrusion Prevention System) throughput: ~13 Gbps.
   • NGFW throughput (with application control etc.): ~11 Gbps.
   • Threat protection throughput: ~9.1 Gbps.
   • Packet rate: ~210 million packets per second (Mpps)

2. Strong SSL / TLS Inspection Performance

   • It supports a high rate of inspection for encrypted traffic: ~17 Gbps SSL inspection throughput, plus a large number of concurrent SSL inspection sessions (~1.3 million) in many listings. Important where much traffic is encrypted (HTTPS, etc.).

3. High Capacity & Scalability

   • Very high numbers of concurrent sessions (~12 million), high new session rates (e.g. ~750,000 per second) for TCP.

   • Supports large numbers of firewall policies, many virtual domains (VDOMs) allowing segmentation of networks.

   • Can manage many VPN tunnels — both gateway‑to‑gateway and client, in large numbers.

4. Rich Interface / High Port Density

   • Multiple high‑speed ports (GE, 10GE, 25GE, 40GE, etc.) and combinations of RJ45, SFP+, SFP28, QSFP. This allows flexible deployment and scaling for different network speed requirements.

   • On‑board storage (NVMe SSD) for logging, analytics, etc.

5. Redundancy and Reliability

   • Redundant / hot‑swappable power supplies and high availability (HA) modes (active‑active / active‑passive) for uptime.

   • Built for continuous operation in demanding environments.

6. Advanced Security Features & Threat Protection

   • Full threat protection stack: IPS, application control, antivirus, web / URL filtering, SSL inspection, etc.

   • Integration with FortiGuard threat intelligence (updates, real‑time protection, etc.).

7. Flexible Deployment & Management

   • Capable of segmentation with VDOMs for multiple tenants or different zones.

   • Supports SD‑WAN, routing, VPN, etc., so can be used in hybrid, branch, cloud, data center scenarios.

   • Management via FortiOS, with tools like FortiManager, FortiCloud etc., giving visibility and unified policy management.

8. Future‑proofing & Compliance

   • Supports modern encryption standards (e.g. TLS 1.3, AES‑256, etc.) and can inspect encrypted traffic.

   • High session and policy capacities mean that as usage grows (more users, devices, encrypted apps) the appliance is less likely to become a bottleneck.

What FortiCare Premium + FortiGuard UTP Gives You

With the one‑year support / UTP bundle, here are the additional capabilities you get:

• 24×7 technical support and advanced hardware replacement under the FortiCare plan.

• FortiGuard UTP includes many threat protection services: Intrusion Prevention System (IPS), Anti‑Virus / Anti‑Malware, URL Filtering / Web Filtering, DNS Filtering, Content Disarm & Reconstruct / Sandbox / Outbreak Prevention, Botnet Detection.

• Firmware and general software upgrades / patches during the contract period.

What These Specs Mean in Practice

• This is a very high‑capacity appliance meant for large enterprises, data centers, or service providers. Not just for small branch offices.

• The device can inspect a lot of encrypted traffic (HTTPS, TLS) while still maintaining decent throughput (~17 Gbps for SSL inspection). That is important if many applications are using encryption.

• The port density and speed (25 G / 40 G etc.) allow you to connect multiple high‑speed uplinks / interconnects, which is useful for spine‑leaf architectures, core backbone, etc.

• The large session capacity and high new‑session rate mean it can handle many simultaneous connections / a lot of transactional, dynamic traffic (like many users, IoT, microservices).

Use Cases & Target Deployments

The FG‑1801F is positioned for large enterprises, data centers, and service providers, where high throughput, extensive encrypted traffic inspection, and massive policy scale are needed.

It is ideal for:

• Edge or core firewall roles in large networks
• Environments with heavy SSL / TLS traffic requiring deep inspection
• High‑volume VPN use (site‑to‑site, remote access)
• Deployments that require high port density and performance scaling