Fortinet FortiGate 900D
High Performance Enterprise Firewall for Large Branch Offices

Overview:

With network bandwidth requirements doubling every 18 months and increases in sophisticated cyber threats, enterprise organizations with large branch offices know they need high-speed network security that also delivers highly effective next generation security.

5 Times Next Generation Firewall Performance

The FortiGate 900D appliance delivers superior performance through a combination of purpose-built FortiASIC™ processors, high port density with 10 GE ports and consolidated security features from the FortiOS™ operating system. It delivers 5 times better next generation firewall performance compared to alternate products and provides the best price/performance in the industry.

Deeper Visibility and Top-rated Security

This breakthrough threat prevention performance allows organizations to run NSS Labs Recommended intrusion prevention and application control and VB100 certified antimalware capabilities for deeper inspection. Rich console views and reports together with a flexible policy engine provide the visibility and control to empower employees yet secure your enterprise.

Finally, these features of the FortiGate FortiOS Network Security Platform are routinely validated by independent real-world tests and are consistently getting superior ratings in security effectiveness.

Features & Benefits

• 5 times faster hardware accelerated next generation firewall offers best-in-class price/performance ratio
• Integrated high port density delivers maximum flexibility and scalability
• NSS Labs Recommended NGFW and NGIPS with consolidated security delivers top-rated protection
• Application control plus identity and device-based policy enforcement provides more granular protection
• Intuitive management interface enables broad and deep visibility that scales from a single FortiGate to thousands

Hardware:

Network Processor

Fortinet’s new, breakthrough FortiASIC 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 3 microseconds
• VPN, CAPWAP and IP tunnel acceleration
• Anomaly-based intrusion prevention, checksum offload and packet defragmentation
• Traffic shaping and priority queuing

Content Processor

The FortiASIC CP8 content processor works outside of the direct flow of traffic, providing high-speed cryptography and content inspection services including:

• Signature-based content inspection acceleration
• Encryption and decryption offloading

10 GE Connectivity

High speed connectivity is essential for network security segmentation. The FortiGate 900D provides 10 GE slots that simplify network designs without relying on additional devices to bridge desired connectivity.

Powered by FortiASICs

• Custom FortiASIC™ 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
• FortiASIC 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

Software

FortiOS

FortiOS helps you protect your organization against advanced threats, configure and deploy your network security faster and see deep into what’s happening inside your network. It enables organization to set up policies specific to types of devices, users and applications with industry-leading security capabilities. FortiOS leverages custom FortiASICs and the Optimum Path Processing architecture of FortiGate to deliver 5 times faster throughput performance. In essence, FortiOS delivers:

• Comprehensive Security — Control thousands of applications and stop more threats with NSS Labs Recommended IPS, sandboxing, VB100 certified antimalware and more.
• Superior Control and Visibility — Stay in control with rich visibility over network traffic, granular policy control, and intuitive, scalable security and network management.
• Robust Networking Capabilities — Optimize your network with extensive switching and routing, high availability, WAN optimization, embedded WiFi controller, and a range of virtual options.

Specifications:

Note: All performance values are “up to” and vary depending on system configuration. Antivirus performance is measured using 44 Kbyte HTTP files. IPS performance is measured using 1 Mbyte HTTP files. IPsec VPN performance is based on 512 byte UDP packets using AES-256+SHA1. LAG support is limited to certain port configurations, please refer to technical documentation. Antivirus Throughput is measured in proxy mode.

Services & Support:

FortiGuard™ Security Services

FortiGuard Labs offers real-time intelligence on the threat landscape, delivering comprehensive security updates across the full range of Fortinet’s solutions. Comprised of security threat researchers, engineers, and forensic specialists, the team collaborates with the world’s leading threat monitoring organizations, other network and security vendors, as well as law enforcement agencies:

• Real-time Updates — 24x7x365 Global Operations research security intelligence, distributed via Fortinet Distributed Network to all Fortinet platforms.
• Security Research — FortiGuard Labs have discovered over 170 unique zero-day vulnerabilities to date, totaling millions of automated signature updates monthly.
• Validated Security Intelligence — Based on FortiGuard intelligence, Fortinet’s network security platform is tested and validated by the world’s leading third-party testing labs and customers globally.

FortiCare™ Support Services

Our FortiCare customer support team provides global technical support for all Fortinet products. With support staff in the Americas, Europe, Middle East and Asia, FortiCare offers services to meet the needs of enterprises of all sizes:

• Enhanced Support — For customers who need support during local business hours only.
• Comprehensive Support — For customers who need aroundthe-clock mission critical support, including advanced exchange hardware replacement.
• Premium Services — For global or regional customers who need an assigned Technical Account Manager, enhanced service level agreements, extended software support, priority escalation, on-site visits and more.
• Professional Services — For customers with more complex security implementations that require architecture and design services, implementation and deployment services, operational services and more.

Documentation:

Download the Fortinet FortiGate 900D Data Sheet (PDF).