With the release of this announcement, Fortinet is notifying partners of the company’s intent to discontinue the sale of the FG-3600E-USG firewall (6x 100GE QSFP28 slots and 32x 10GE SFP+/SFP28 slots(including 30x ports, 2x HA ports), 2x GE RJ45 Management Ports, SPU NP6 and CP9 hardware accelerated, and 2 AC power supplies). Fortinet recommends the following migration path for the products being discontinued:
Current SKU | Description | Replacement SKU | Description |
FG-3600E-USG | 6x 100GE QSFP28 slots and 32x 10GE SFP+/SFP28 slots(including 30x ports, 2x HA ports), 2x GE RJ45 Management Ports, SPU NP6 and CP9 hardware accelerated, and 2 AC power supplies | FG-3500F-TAA-FGDUS | 6x 100GE/ 40GE QSFP28 slots and 32x 25GE/ 10GE SFP28 slots, 2x 10GE RJ45 Management Ports, SPU NP7 and CP9 hardware accelerated, and 2 AC power supplies |
Per the terms of the Fortinet Life Cycle Policy, Fortinet will continue to provide hardware support services for a minimum of sixty (60) 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) | 15Apr2024 |
Last date to purchase new maintenance contract | 15Apr2024 |
Last date to extend an existing maintenance contract | 15Apr2028 |
Product support expires | 15Apr2029 |
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/ or www.fortinet.com