Fortinet FortiGate 90G FG-90G 8-Port Desktop Firewall with 2x 10GE SFP+

No. The FG-90G provides no Power over Ethernet on any port, so cameras, access points and IP phones need their own power source or a PoE switch between them and the firewall. Its eight GE RJ45 ports and two 10/5/2.5/GE RJ45 or 10GE/GE SFP+/SFP shared-media pairs are all data-only. Input rating is 12V DC, 3A from an external adapter. Within the G series PoE appears on separate part numbers such as the 70G-POE models.

The FG-90G has two shared-media pairs, each operating as either a 10/5/2.5/GE RJ45 port or a 10GE/GE SFP+/SFP slot. A pair is one port with two physical options rather than two ports, so the copper and pluggable sides cannot be used at once. The pluggable side takes Fortinet 1 GE SFP and 10 GE SFP+ transceiver modules, listed in the ordering information. Transceivers are sold separately.

The FG-90G supports Active-Active, Active-Passive and Clustering high-availability modes. This model has no dedicated HA port, so the heartbeat and synchronisation link runs over one of the data ports, which reduces the ports left for traffic. An HA pair should be two identical models on the same FortiOS build. Optional power redundancy is supported using up to two external DC power adapters; one adapter is included.

Fortinet publishes no user count for the FG-90G, so size it on the capacity figures. The appliance holds 3 million concurrent TCP sessions and opens 124,000 new sessions per second, which is usually what runs out first at a branch site. Threat protection throughput is 2.2 Gbps and SSL inspection throughput is 2.6 Gbps; size against those, not the 28 / 28 / 27.9 Gbps firewall throughput. All values are stated as up to.

The two appliances are closely matched: the datasheet publishes the same performance figures, port layout, dimensions, weight and operating range for both. The difference that matters is storage: the FG-91G carries one 120 GB SSD and the FG-90G carries none. The FG-91G also has a higher power consumption. That drive is what makes on-box logging and local reporting possible, so the FG-91G suits a site needing log retention on the appliance, while the FG-90G suits one already sending logs to FortiAnalyzer, FortiGate Cloud or syslog.

No. Core firewall, routing and networking functions can continue to operate without an active FortiGuard subscription, while subscription-based security intelligence, updates and services require an active subscription. A FortiGuard subscription supplies IPS signatures, anti-malware, URL and DNS filtering and the rest of the catalogue, along with FortiCare support. This plain part number is the appliance on its own, with FortiGuard services and FortiCare sold separately.

The datasheet lists SSL-VPN throughput of 1.4 Gbps and a recommended maximum of 200 concurrent SSL-VPN users in tunnel mode, with SSL-VPN support limited to FortiOS versions 7.0.12 through 7.0.15. On a FortiOS build outside that range, remote access on the FG-90G means IPsec VPN, for which the datasheet publishes 25 Gbps of throughput and up to 2,500 client-to-gateway tunnels.

Network Devices Inc. supplies the FG-90G new and factory sealed, in original Fortinet packaging with the standard accessories. It is covered by a one-year Network Devices Inc. warranty and a 30-day return window. Because the unit is new rather than renewed, it is eligible for Fortinet registration and for FortiCare and FortiGuard entitlements ordered against it, which is not always the case with refurbished stock. Orders ship from our New Jersey and Texas warehouses.