Product Life Cycle Announcement of FG-101E
04/16/2021
With the release of this announcement, Fortinet is notifying partners of the company’s intent to discontinue the sale of the following products. Fortinet recommends the following migration path for the products being discontinued:
| Current SKU | Description | Replacement SKU | Description |
| FG-101E | 22 x GE RJ45 ports (including 2 x WAN ports, 1 x DMZ port, 1 x Mgmt port, 2 x HA ports,16 x switch ports), 480GB onboard storage.Max managed FortiAPs(Total / Tunnel) 64 / 32 | FG-101F | 22 x GE RJ45 ports (including 2 x WAN ports, 1 x DMZ port, 1 x Mgmt port, 2 x HA ports,16 x switch ports with 4 SFP port shared media),4 SFP ports, 2x 10G SFP+ FortiLinks, 480GB onboard storage, dual power supplies redundancy. |
Per the terms of the Fortinet Life Cycle Policy, Fortinet will continue to provide hardware support services for a minimum of twelve (12) months from the End of Order (EOO) milestone. The EOO milestone for a given product represents the last date that Fortinet will accept new orders for fulfillment, providing there is inventory available to fulfill the order. RMA/Replacements after the EOO milestone may include “like-for-like replacements” or an “enhanced replacement”. In the case of enhanced replacement, changes to the customer’s network or upgrade to a currently supported software release may be required.
| Product Life Cycle Milestones | |
| End of Orders (EOO) | 15Jul2021 |
| Last date to purchase new maintenance contract | 15Jul2021 |
| Last date to extend an existing maintenance contract | 15Jul2025 |
| Product support expires | 15Jul2026 |
Additional information about the Fortinet life cycle policy can be found in the Fortinet Life Cycle Policy document, found in the Fortinet Support Portal at: https://itmall.sale/.
