The FortiGate 81F-POE-BDL-809-36 is designed for distributed locations that need integrated firewall and SD-WAN capabilities in a compact desktop form factor. With 8 GE RJ45 PoE/+ ports and a 96W total PoE power budget, it can power compatible edge devices such as access points, IP phones, and cameras directly from the firewall. The unit also includes 128GB of onboard SSD storage.
This firewall runs on FortiOS and is accelerated by Fortinet’s proprietary SP4 ASIC to deliver high performance for security and connectivity use cases, including up to 1.4 Gbps IPS throughput and 6.5 Gbps IPsec VPN throughput. This bundle includes FortiCare Premium and FortiGuard Enterprise Protection for 3 years.
Secure Networking Power and Visibility with 96W PoE+ and 128GB SSD
Key Benefits
- Integrated Power Delivery: Features 8x GE PoE/+ ports with a 96W total power budget for powering edge devices directly.
- Onboard Storage: Includes a 128GB SSD for onboard storage.
- Bundle Included: FortiCare Premium and FortiGuard Enterprise Protection entitlement included for 3 years.
- ASIC-Accelerated Performance: Delivers up to 10 Gbps firewall and 1.4 Gbps IPS throughput via the purpose-built Fortinet SP4 ASIC.
- Converged Security Fabric: Acts as a cornerstone of the Fortinet Security Fabric, supporting up to 24 FortiSwitches and up to 96 FortiAPs (total) / 48 (tunnel).
- Power Redundancy Option: Supports optional dual external DC power adapters.
- Optimal Network Latency: Maintains firewall latency of 3.23 μs (64 byte UDP) for critical applications.
Ideal Use Cases
- Branch Sites: Integrated firewall and SD-WAN capabilities for distributed enterprise locations.
- Retail and POS Locations: Securely power and connect edge devices via PoE/+ while enforcing security policies at the branch edge.
- Distributed Enterprises: Compact desktop deployment with centralized management integration options across locations.
- Secure Remote Access: Supports SSL-VPN and IPsec VPN performance and capacity for remote connectivity.
Technical Specifications Summary
- IPS Throughput: 1.4 Gbps
- NGFW Throughput: 1 Gbps
- Threat Protection Throughput: 900 Mbps
- Firewall Throughput (IPv4, 1518/512/64 byte UDP): 10 / 10 / 7 Gbps
- IPsec VPN Throughput (512 byte): 6.5 Gbps
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SSL-VPN Throughput: 950 Mbps
- Concurrent SSL-VPN Users (Tunnel Mode): 200
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Concurrent Sessions (TCP): 1.5 Million
- New Sessions/Second (TCP): 45,000
- Interfaces: 6x GE RJ45 PoE/+ ports + 2x GE RJ45 PoE/+ FortiLink ports, 2x GE RJ45/SFP shared media pairs
- Total Available PoE Power Budget: 96 W (max 30 W per PoE/+ port)
- Internal Storage: 1x 128 GB SSD
- Power Consumption (Average / Maximum): 98 W / 137 W
- Dimensions (H x W x L): 60 x 216 x 178 mm (2.4 x 8.5 x 7.0 inches)
Upgrade Your Network Security
Streamline your branch operations with the high-performance, consolidated FortiGate 81F-POE-BDL-809-36.
