Designed for network, edge, or core deployments in large enterprises, carriers, and managed service providers, the products deliver content protection on a platform that can scale from 2-14 blades and cluster numerous blades in a single chassis-based system.
The FortiGate-5000 family consists of three chassis models -- the two-slot FortiGate-5020, five-slot FortiGate-5050, and 14-slot FortiGate-5140 -- each of which are populated with FortiGate-5001 blades that provide security functions and/or FortiGate-5003 blades that provide high availability clustering functions.
All FortiGate-5000 Series chassis and blades comply with the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA) industry standard, which is a new series of specifications for carrier-grade communications equipment, Fortinet said.
Customers can configure FortiGate-5000 systems to meet a range of throughput and reliability requirements by selecting combinations of FortiGate blades. The FortiGate 5001 blade provides complete network security services, including firewall, VPN, antivirus, intrusion prevention, anti-spam, Web content filtering, and traffic shaping.
Each FortiGate-5001 blade has four Gigabit Small Form-factor pluggable (SPF) ports and four tri-speed Gigabit Ethernet ports, and is equipped with the FortiASIC content processor chip. Multiple FortiGate-5001 blades can be installed in each FortiGate-5000 Series chassis, enabling total system throughput to scale to multigigabit levels for all services.
Using FortiGate-5003 Switch blades in the FortiGate-5050 or FortiGate-5140 chassis, multiple FortiGate-5000 security modules can be clustered to provide various levels of redundancy. For service providers, MSPs, and large enterprises, the FortiGate-5000 has virtual domains and can create up to 250 antivirus firewalls from a single FortiGate blade.
FortiGate-5000 systems are kept up to date by Fortinet's FortiProtect Network, which provides continuous updates that ensure protection against the latest viruses, worms, Trojans, spyware, and other threats.
With prices starting at $64,990, the FortiGate 5140 chassis will be available in the fourth quarter. The 2-slot FortiGate-5020 and 5-slot FortiGate 5050 are available now for $44,990 and $54,990, respectively. The FortiGate 5001 and 5003 blades cost $34,995 and $26,995.
