Fortinet FortiGate 301E
Accelerated security for mid-enterprise and branch office

Overview:

The FortiGate 300E series delivers next generation firewall capabilities for mid-sized to large enterprises, with the flexibility to be deployed at the campus or enterprise branch. Protects against cyber threats with security processor powered high performance, security efficacy and deep visibility.

Security

• Protects against known exploits, malware and malicious websites using continuous threat intelligence provided by FortiGuard Labs security services
• Identify thousands of applications including cloud applications for deep inspection into network traffic
• Protects against unknown attacks using dynamic analysis and provides automated mitigation to stop targeted attacks

Performance

• Delivers 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

Certification

• Independently tested and validated best security effectiveness and performance
• Received unparalleled third-party certifications from NSS Labs, ICSA, Virus Bulletin and AV Comparatives

Networking

• Delivers extensive routing, switching, wireless controller and high performance IPsec VPN capabilities to consolidate networking and security functionality
• Enables flexible deployment such as Next Generation Firewall and Secure SD-WAN

Management

• Single Pane of Glass with Network Operations Center (NOC) view provides 360° visibility to identify issues quickly and intuitively
• 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 collaboratively integrate and provide end-to-end security across the entire attack surface
• Automatically builds Network Topology visualizations which discover IoT devices and provide complete visibility into Fortinet and Fabric-ready partner products

Hardware:

Interfaces

1. USB Port
2. Console Port
3. 2x GE RJ45 MGMT/HA Ports
4. 16x GE RJ45 Ports
5. 16x GE SFP Slots

Powered by SPU

• Custom SPU processors deliver the power you need to detect malicious content at multi-Gigabit speeds
• Other security technologies cannot protect against today’s wide range of content- and connection-based threats because they rely on general-purpose CPUs, causing a dangerous performance gap
• SPU processors provide the performance needed to block emerging threats, meet rigorous third-party certifications, and ensure that your network security solution does not become a network bottleneck

Network Processor

Fortinet’s new, breakthrough SPU NP6 network processor works inline with FortiOS functions delivering:

• Superior firewall performance for IPv4/IPv6, SCTP and multicast traffic with ultra-low latency down to 2 microseconds
• VPN, CAPWAP and IP tunnel acceleration
• Anomaly-based intrusion prevention, checksum offload and packet defragmentation
• Traffic shaping and priority queuing

Content Processor

Fortinet’s new, breakthrough SPU CP9 content processor works outside of the direct flow of traffic and accelerates the inspection of computationally intensive security features:

• Enhanced IPS performance with unique capability of full signature matching at ASIC
• SSL Inspection capabilities based on the latest industry mandated cipher suites
• Encryption and decryption offloading

Deployment:

Specifications:

FortiGate 301E Specifications
Interfaces & Modules
GE RJ45 Interfaces	16
GE SFP Slots	16
GE RJ45 Management Ports	2
USB Ports	2
RJ-45 Console Port	1
Local Storage	2 x 240 GB SSD
Included Transceivers	2x SFP (SX 1 GE)
System Performance & Capacity
IPv4 Firewall Throughput (1518 / 512 / 64 byte, UDP)	32 / 32 / 30 Gbps
IPv6 Firewall Throughput (1518 / 512 / 64 byte, UDP)	32 / 32 / 30 Gbps
Firewall Latency (64 byte, UDP)	3 μs
Firewall Throughput (Packet per Second)	30 Mpps
Concurrent Sessions (TCP)	4 Mil
New Sessions/Sec (TCP)	300,000
Firewall Policies	10,000
IPSEC VPN Throughput (512 byte)	20 Gbps
Gateway-to-Gateway IPSec VPN Tunnels	2,000
Client-to-Gateway IPSec VPN Tunnels	50,000
SSL VPN Throughput	2.5 Gbps
Concurrent SSL-VPN Users (recommended Max)	2,000
SSL Inspection Throughput (IPS, HTTP)	6.8 Gbps
Application Control Throughput (HTTP 64K)	7 Gbps
CAPWAP Throughput (1444 byte, UDP)	5 Gbps
Virtual Domains (Default / Max)	10 / 10
Max Number of FortiAPs (Total / Tunnel)	512 / 256
Max Number of FortiTokens	1,000
Max Number of Registered Endpoints	600
High Availability Configurations	Active-Active, Active-Passive, Clustering
Dimensions & Power
Height x Width x Length	1.75 x 17.0 x 15.0 (44.45 x 432 x 380)
Weight	16.6 lbs (7.6 kg)
Form Factor	1 RU
Power Consumption (Avg/Max)	95 W / 180 W
Current (Max)	110V/6A, 220V/6A
Heat Dissipation	570 BTU/h
Operating Environment & Certifications
Operating Temperature	32 - 104 °F (0 - 40 °C)
Storage Temperature	-31 - 158 °F (-35 - 70 °C)
Humidity	10% to 90% non-condensing
Compliance	FCC Part 15 Class A, C-Tick, VCCI, CE, UL/cUL, CB
Certifications	ICSA Labs: Firewall, IPsec, IPS, Antivirus, SSL-VPN; USGv6/IPv6

Documentation:

Download the Fortinet FortiGate 301E Datasheet (PDF).