Product Life Cycle Announcement of FG-240D
04/16/2020
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-240D | 42x RJ45 ports (including 40 x LAN ports , 2 x WAN ports), 2 x GE SFP slots, 64GB onboard storage | FG-201E with FortiSwitch | N/A |
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 | Eos of Dates |
| End of Orders (EOO) | 15Jul2020 |
| Last date to purchase new maintenance contract | 15Jul2020 |
| Last date to extend an existing maintenance contract | 15Jul2024 |
| Product support expires | 15Jul2025 |
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/.
