FortiGate 6000F Series
Next Generation Firewall • Segmentation • IPS • Mobile Security
FortiGate 6000F Series
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Digital enterprises are processing vast amounts of encrypted traffic and content rich data along with an increased emphasis on optimized user experiences. The digital attack surface has spawned new, complex forms of attacks that require advanced protection to be applied at anytime, anywhere the threat is discovered. Today’s next-generation firewalls (NGFWs) must reliably handle large volumes of network and cloud traffic, provide consolidated advanced security in a smaller, more efficient physical footprint, and accommodate new security requirements such as extensive inspection of encrypted traffic for sophisticated malware without impacting performance.
The new FortiGate 6000 NGFW appliances feature the latest Fortinet innovation, to deliver leading edge security, performance, and connectivity for the most demanding network needs. The 6000 series combines unprecedented threat protection and SSL inspection performance in an easy to manage, compact appliance.
FortiGate Ultra High-Performance Next-Generation Firewalls include:
- Industry’s highest NGFW and threat protection throughput in a compact 3U appliance
- Inspection of encrypted traffic for malware at breakthrough speeds
- Load balancing of network traffic to support very high connection rates
- New architectural hardware designed for scale and resilience
- High density network interfaces with 10G/25G/40G and 100G connectivity
- Security Fabric integration for shared intelligence, transparent visibility, and security controls across the entire attack surface
FortiGate® 6000F Series
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The FortiGate 6000F series delivers high performance next generation firewall (NGFW) capabilities for large enterprises and service providers. With multiple high-speed interfaces, high-port density, and high-throughput, ideal deployments are at the enterprise edge, hybrid data center core, and across internal segments. Leverage industry-leading IPS, SSL inspection, and advanced threat protection to optimize your network’s performance. Fortinet’s Security-Driven Networking approach provides tight network integration to the new security generation.
Security
- Identifies thousands of applications inside network traffic for deep inspection and granular policy enforcement
- Protects against malware, exploits, and malicious websites in both encrypted and non-encrypted traffic
- Prevent and detect against known and unknown attacks using continuous threat intelligence from AI-powered FortiGuard Labs security services
Performance
- Delivers industry’s best threat protection performance and ultra-low latency using purpose-built security processor (SPU) technology
- Provides industry-leading performance and protection for SSL encrypted traffic
Certification
- Independently tested and validated for best-in-class security effectiveness and performance
- Received unparalleled third-party certifications from NSS Labs
Networking
- Delivers advanced networking capabilities that seamlessly integrate with advanced layer 7 security and virtual domains (VDOMs) to offer extensive deployment flexibility, multi-tenancy and effective utilization of resources
- Delivers high-density, flexible combination of various high-speed interfaces to enable best TCO for customers for data center and WAN deployments
Management
- Includes a management console that is effective, simple to use, and provides comprehensive network automation and visibility
- Provides Zero Touch Integration with Fortinet’s Security Fabric’s Single Pane of Glass Management
- Predefined compliance checklist analyzes the deployment and highlights best practices to improve overall security posture
Security Fabric
- Enables Fortinet and Fabric-ready partners’ products to provide broader visibility, integrated end-to-end detection, threat intelligence sharing, and automated remediation
FEATURE | FG-6300F/-DC and 6301F/-DC | FG-6500F/-DC and 6501F/-DC |
FIREWALL | 239 Gbps | 239 Gbps |
IPS | 110 Gbps | 170 Gbps |
NGFW | 90 Gbps | 150 Gbps |
THREAT PROTECTION | 60 Gbps | 100 Gbps |
NETWORK INTERFACES | Multiple 40/100 GE QSFP28, 1/10/25 GE SFP28, 1/10 GE SFP+ and GE RJ45 |
Refer to specification table for details
DEPLOYMENT
Next Generation Firewall (NGFW)
- Reduce the complexity and maximize your ROI by integrating threat protection security capabilities into a single high-performance network security appliance, powered by Fortinet’s Security Processing Unit (SPU)
- Full visibility into users, devices, and applications across the entire attack surface, and consistent security policy enforcement irrespective of asset location
- Protect against network exploitable vulnerabilities with industry-validated IPS that offers low latency and optimized network performance
- Automatically block threats on decrypted traffic using the industry’s highest SSL inspection performance, including the latest TLS 1.3 standard with mandated ciphers
- Proactively block newly discovered sophisticated attacks in real-time with AI-powered FortiGuard Labs and advanced threat protection services included in the Fortinet Security Fabric
Segmentation
- Segmentation that adapts to any network topology, delivering end-to-end security from the branch level to data centers and extending to multiple clouds
- Reduce security risks by improving network visibility from the components of the Fortinet Security Fabric, which adapt access permissions to current levels of trust and enforce access control effectively and efficiently
- Delivers defense in depth security powered by high-performance L7 inspection and remediation by Fortinet’s SPU, while delivering third party validated TCO of per protected Mbps
- Protects critical business applications and helps implement any compliance requirements without network redesigns
IPS
- Purpose-built security processors delivering industry validated IPS performance with high throughput and low latency
- Deploy virtual patches at the network level to protect against network exploitable vulnerabilities and optimize network protection time
- Deep packet inspection at wire speeds offers unparalleled threat visibility into network traffic including traffic encrypted with the latest TLS 1.3
- Proactively block newly discovered sophisticated attacks in real-time with advanced threat protection provided by the intelligence services of the Fortinet Security Fabric
Mobile Security for 4G, 5G, and IOT
- SPU accelerated, high performance CGNAT and IPv6 migration option including: NAT44, NAT444, NAT64/DNS64, NAT46 for 4G Gi/sGi and 5G N6 connectivity and security
- RAN Access Security with highly scalable and best performing IPsec aggregation and control security gateway (SecGW)
- User plane security enabled by full Threat Protection and visibility into GTP-U inspection
- 4G and 5G security for user and data plane traffic including SCTP, GTP-U, and SIP that provides protection against attacks
- 4G and 5G cores IoT signaling storm protection
- High-speed interfaces to enable deployment flexibility

Data Center Deployment (IPS/NGFW, Intent-based Segmentation)
HARDWARE
FortiGate 6300F/-DC, 6301F/-DC, 6500F/-DC, 6501F/-DC
FRONT VIEW & BACK VIEW | ||
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NO. | INTERFACES | HARDWARE FEATURES |
1 | Console Port | ![]() |
2 | USB Port | |
3 | 2x GE RJ45, 1x 1/10 GE SFP+ Management Ports | |
4 | 2x 10 GE SFP+ HA Slots | |
5 | 24x 1/10/25 GE SFP28 Slots | |
6 | 4x 40/100 GE QSFP28 Slots |
Powered by SPU
- Fortinet’s custom SPU processors deliver the power you need to detect malicious content at multi-Gigabit speeds
- Other security technologies cannot protect against today’s wide range of content- and connection-based threats because they rely on general-purpose CPUs, causing a dangerous performance gap
- SPU processors provide the performance needed to block emerging threats, meet rigorous third-party certifications, and ensure that your network security solution does not become a network bottleneck
Network Processor
Fortinet’s new, breakthrough SPU NP6 network processor works inline with FortiOS functions delivering:
- Superior firewall performance for IPv4/IPv6, SCTP and multicast traffic with ultra-low latency
- VPN and IP tunnel acceleration
- Anomaly-based intrusion prevention, checksum offload, and packet defragmentation
- Traffic shaping and priority queuing
Content Processor
Fortinet’s ninth generation custom SPU CP9 content processor works outside of the direct flow of traffic and accelerates the inspection.
Distribution Processor
Fortinet’s SPU DP3 distribution processor provides hardware load balancing for traffic to multiple processing units.
FORTINET SECURITY FABRIC
Security Fabric
The industry’s highest-performing cybersecurity platform, powered by FortiOS, with a rich ecosystem designed to span the extended digital attack surface, delivering fully automated, self-healing network security.
- Broad: Coordinated detection and enforcement across the entire digital attack surface and lifecycle with converged networking and security across edges, clouds, endpoints and users
- Integrated: Integrated and unified security, operation, and performance across different technologies, location, deployment options, and the richest Ecosystem
- Automated: Context aware, self-healing network & security posture leveraging cloud-scale and advanced AI to automatically deliver near-real-time, user-to-application coordinated protection across the Fabric
The Fabric empowers organizations of any size to secure and simplify their hybrid infrastructure on the journey to digital innovation.
FortiOS™ Operating System
FortiOS, Fortinet’s leading operating system enable the convergence of high performing networking and security across the Fortinet Security Fabric delivering consistent and context-aware security posture across network endpoints, and clouds. The organically built best of breed capabilities and unified approach allows organizations to run their businesses without compromising performance or protection, supports seamless scalability, and simplifies innovation consumption.
The release of FortiOS 7* dramatically expands the Fortinet Security Fabric’s ability to deliver consistent security across hybrid deployment models consisting on appliances, software and As-a-Service with SASE, ZTNA, and other emerging cybersecurity solutions.
* FortiOS 7 is not supported on FGR-30D and FGR-35D.

SERVICES
FortiGuard™ Security Services
FortiGuard Labs offers real-time intelligence on the threat landscape, delivering comprehensive security updates across the full range of Fortinet’s solutions. Comprised of security threat researchers, engineers, and forensic specialists, the team collaborates with the world’s leading threat monitoring organizations and other network and security vendors, as well as law enforcement agencies.
FortiCare™ Services
Fortinet is dedicated to helping our customers succeed, and every year FortiCare services help thousands of organizations get the most from their Fortinet security Fabric solution. We have more than 1,000 experts to help accelerate technology implementation, provide reliable assistance through advanced support, and offer proactive care to maximize security and performance of Fortinet deployments.
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS
FORTIGATE | 6300F/-DC 6301F/-DC | 6500F/-DC 6501F/-DC |
Interfaces and Modules | ||
Hardware Accelerated 40/100 GE QSFP28 Slots | 4 | |
Hardware Accelerated 1/10/25 GE SFP28 Slots | 24 | |
Hardware Accelerated 10 GE SFP+ Slots | 3 | |
GE RJ45 Management Ports | 2 | |
USB Port | 1 | |
Console Port | 1 | |
Onboard Storage | 2x 1 TB NVMe (for 6301F and 6501F only) | |
Included Transceivers | 2x SFP+ (SR 10 GE) | |
System Performance — Enterprise Traffic Mix | ||
IPS Throughput 2 | 110 Gbps | 170 Gbps |
NGFW Throughput 2, 4 | 90 Gbps | 150 Gbps |
Threat Protection Throughput 2, 5 | 60 Gbps | 100 Gbps |
System Performance and Capacity | ||
IPv4 Firewall Throughput (1518 / 512 / 64 byte, UDP) | 239 / 238 / 135 Gbps | 239 / 238 / 135 Gbps |
IPv6 Firewall Throughput (1518 / 512 / 64 byte, UDP) | 239 / 238 / 135 Gbps | 239 / 238 / 135 Gbps |
Firewall Latency (64 byte, UDP) | 4.80 μs | 4.80 μs |
Firewall Throughput (Packet per Second) | 202.5 Mpps | 202.5 Mpps |
Concurrent Sessions (TCP) | 120 Million | 200 Million |
New Sessions/Second (TCP) | 2 Million | 3 Million |
Firewall Policies | 200 000 | 200 000 |
IPsec VPN Throughput (512 byte) 1 | 96 Gbps | 160 Gbps |
Gateway-to-Gateway IPsec VPN Tunnels | 16 000 | 16 000 |
Client-to-Gateway IPsec VPN Tunnels | 90 000 | 90 000 |
SSL-VPN Throughput | 9 Gbps | 9 Gbps |
Concurrent SSL-VPN Users (Recommended Maximum, Tunnel Mode) | 30 000 | 30 000 |
SSL Inspection Throughput (IPS, avg. HTTPS) 3 | 66 Gbps | 110 Gbps |
SSL Inspection CPS (IPS, avg. HTTPS) 3 | 30 000 | 50 000 |
SSL Inspection Concurrent Session (IPS, avg. HTTPS) 3 | 10 Million | 18 Million |
Application Control Throughput (HTTP 64K) 2 | 150 Gbps | 220 Gbps |
CAPWAP Throughput (HTTP 64K) | N/A | N/A |
Virtual Domains (Default / Maximum) | 10 / 500 | |
Maximum Number of FortiSwitches Supported | 256 | |
Maximum Number of FortiAPs (Total / Tunnel) | N/A | |
Maximum Number of FortiTokens | 20 000 | |
High Availability Configurations | Active-Active, Active-Passive, Clustering | |
Dimensions and Power | ||
Height x Width x Length (inches) | 5.20 x 17.20 x 26.18 | 5.3 x 17.2 x 27.3 |
Height x Width x Length (mm) | 132 x 437 x 665 | 133 x 437 x 694 |
Weight | 67.68 lbs (30.7 kg) 69.00 lbs (31.3 kg) | 78.26 lbs (35.5 kg) 79.59 lbs (36.1 kg) |
Form Factor (supports EIA/ non-EIA standards) | Rack Mount, 3 RU | |
AC Power Supply | 100–240 V AC, 50/60 Hz | |
AC Current (Maximum) | 30A@100V AC, 20A@240V AC | |
Power Consumption (Average / Maximum) | 977 W / 1,217 W 977 W / 1,237 W | 1,308 W / 1,548 W 1,328 W / 1,568 W |
DC Power Supply | -48V to -60V DC | |
DC Current (Maximum) | 25-32A (x2) | |
Heat Dissipation | 4153 BTU/h / 4221 BTU/h | 5282 BTU/h / 5350 BTU/h |
Redundant Power Supplies | 2+1 Redundant / 1+1 Redundant if using high line power Hot Swappable | |
Fan Tray | Hot Swappable | |
Operating Environment and Certifications | ||
Operating Temperature | 32–104°F (0–40°C) | |
Storage Temperature | -31–158°F (-35–70°C) | |
Humidity | 10–90% non-condensing | |
Noise Level | 57.43 dBA | |
Forced Airflow | Front to Back | |
Operating Altitude | Up to 7400 ft (2250 m) | |
Compliance | FCC Part 15 Class A, RCM, VCCI, CE, UL/cUL, CB | |
Certifications | ICSA Labs: Firewall, IPsec, IPS, Antivirus, SSL-VPN, USGv6/IPv6 |
Note: All performance values are “up to” and vary depending on system configuration.
- IPsec VPN performance test uses AES256-SHA256.
- IPS (Enterprise Mix), Application Control, NGFW and Threat Protection are measured with Logging enabled.
- SSL Inspection performance values use an average of HTTPS sessions of different cipher suites.
- NGFW performance is measured with Firewall, IPS and Application Control enabled.
- Threat Protection performance is measured with Firewall, IPS, Application Control, URL filtering, and Malware Protection with sandboxing enabled.
ORDERING INFORMATION
Product | SKU | Description |
FortiGate 6300F | FG-6300F | 4x 40/100 GE QSFP28 slots, 24x 1/10/25 GE SFP28 slots, 2x 1 GE RJ45 management ports, 2x 10 GE SFP+ HA ports, 1x 1/10 GE SFP+ management port, and 3x AC power supplies. |
FortiGate 6300F-DC | FG-6300F-DC | 4 x 100GE QSFP28 slots, 24 x 25GE SFP28 slots, 3 x 10GE SFP+ slots, 2 x GE RJ45 MGMT port, and 2 x DC power supplies. |
FortiGate 6301F | FG-6301F | 4x 40/100 GE QSFP28 slots, 24x 1/10/25 GE SFP28 slots, 2x 1 GE RJ45 management ports, 2x 10 GE SFP+ HA ports, 1x 1/10 GE SFP+ management port, 2x 1 TB NVMe, and 3x AC power supplies. |
FortiGate 6301F-DC | FG-6301F-DC | 4 x 100/40GE QSFP28 slots, 24 x 25/10GE SFP+ slots, 2 x 1GE RJ45 management ports, 2x 10GE SFP+ HA ports, 1x 10GE SFP+ MGMT port, 2 x 1TB NVMe, and 2 x DC power supplies. |
FortiGate 6500F | FG-6500F | 4x 40/100 GE QSFP28 slots, 24x 1/10/25 GE SFP28 slots, 2x 1 GE RJ45 management ports, 2x 10 GE SFP+ HA ports, 1x 1/10 GE SFP+ management port, and 3x AC power supplies. |
FortiGate 6500F-DC | FG-6500F-DC | 4 x 100/40GE QSFP28 slots, 24 x 25/10GE SFP+ slots, 2 x 1GE RJ45 management ports, 2x 10GE SFP+ HA ports, 1x 10GE SFP+ MGMT port and 2 x DC power supplies. |
FortiGate 6501F | FG-6501F | 4x 40/100 GE QSFP28 slots, 24x 1/10/25 GE SFP28 slots, 2x 1 GE RJ45 management ports, 2x 10 GE SFP+ HA ports, 1x 1/10 GE SFP+ management port, 2x 1 TB NVMe, and 3x AC power supplies. |
FortiGate 6501F-DC | FG-6501F-DC | 4 x 100/40GE QSFP28 slots, 24 x 25/10GE SFP+ slots, 2 x 1GE RJ45 management ports, 2x 10GE SFP+ HA ports, 1x 10GE SFP+ MGMT port, 2 x 1TB NVMe, and 2 x DC power supplies. |
Training | ||
FortiGate Chassis-based Firewall Platform (FGT 6000 series) Training - 2 days | FT-FGT-CHS-6K | Course description: https://training.fortinet.com/local/staticpage/view.php?page=library_fortigate-6000-series Upcoming sessions: Price includes lab access and course material (Lab and Study guides). Exam voucher not included. |
Optional Accessories/Spares | SKU | Description |
1 GE SFP LX Transceiver Module | FN-TRAN-LX | 1 GE SFP LX transceiver module for all systems with SFP and SFP/SFP+ slots |
1 GE SFP RJ45 Transceiver Module | FN-TRAN-GC | 1 GE SFP RJ45 transceiver module for all systems with SFP and SFP/SFP+ slots |
1 GE SFP SX Transceiver Module | FN-TRAN-SX | 1 GE SFP SX transceiver module for all systems with SFP and SFP/SFP+ slots |
10GE copper SFP+ RJ45 Transceiver (30m range) | FN-TRAN-SFP+GC | 10GE copper SFP+ RJ45 Fortinet Transceiver (30m range) for systems with SFP+ slots. |
10 GE SFP+ Transceiver Module, Short Range | FN-TRAN-SFP+SR | 10 GE SFP+ transceiver module, short range for all systems with SFP+ and SFP/SFP+ slots. |
10 GE SFP+ Transceiver Module, Long Range | FN-TRAN-SFP+LR | 10 GE SFP+ transceiver module, long range for all systems with SFP+ and SFP/SFP+ slots. |
10Gbase-ER SFP+ transceivers | FN-TRAN-SFP+ER | 10Gbase-ER SFP+ transceivers for FortiSwitch and FortiGate, 1550nm. Single Mode. 40km range for systems with SFP+ Slots |
25 GE SFP28 Transceiver Module, Short Range | FN-TRAN-SFP28-SR | 25GE/10GE Dual Rate SFP28 transceiver module, short range for all systems with SFP28/SFP+ slots. |
25 GE SFP28 Transceiver Module, Long Range | FG-TRAN-SFP28-LR | 25GE SFP28 transceiver module, long range for all systems with SFP28 slots |
40 GE QSFP+ Transceiver Module, Short Range | FN-TRAN-QSFP+SR | 40 GE QSFP+ transceiver module, short range for all systems with QSFP+ slots. |
40 GE QSFP+ Transceiver Module, Long Range | FN-TRAN-QSFP+LR | 40 GE QSFP+ transceiver module, long range for all systems with QSFP+ slots. |
100 GE QSFP28 Transceivers, Short Range | FN-TRAN-QSFP28-SR | 100 GE QSFP28 transceivers, 4 channel parallel fiber, short range for all systems with QSFP28 slots. |
100 GE QSFP28 Transceivers, Long Range | FN-TRAN-QSFP28-LR | 100 GE QSFP28 transceivers, 4 channel parallel fiber, long range for all systems with QSFP28 slots |
100 GE QSFP28 Transceivers, CWDM4 | FN-TRAN-QSFP28-CWDM4 | 100 GE QSFP28 transceivers, LC connectors, 2KM for all systems with QSFP28 slots. |
Fan Tray | SP-FG4K6K-FAN | Spare Hotswappable Fan Module for FG-420xF/440xF/6000F |
AC 1500W Power Supply | FG-7040E-PS-AC | 1500W AC Power Supply for FG-7030E,FG-7040E, 6000F and FG-3900E series (not compatible for use with FG-7060E) , does not include SP-FGPCORC15-XX power cord. |
AC 2000W Power Supply | SP-FG4000F-PS | 2000W AC power supply for 4000F and 6000F series, does not include SP-FGPCORC15-XX power cord |
DC Power Supply | SP-FG4000F-DC-PS | DC power supply for FG-4200F-DC/4201F-DC, FG-4400F-DC/4401F-DC and FG-6000F-DC. |
AC Power Cord | SP-FGPCORC15-XX | 6 ft power cord, 15A125V XXX, PSE BLACK ROHS-6, for FG-3900E, 4000F, 6000F and 7000E/F Series |
BUNDLES
FortiGuard Bundles
FortiGuard Labs delivers a number of security intelligence services to augment the FortiGate firewall platform. You can easily optimize the protection capabilities of your FortiGate with one of these FortiGuard Bundles.
FortiGuard Bundles | Enterprise Protection | Unified Threat Protection | Advanced Threat Protection |
FortiCare | 24x7 | 24x7 | 24x7 |
FortiGuard App Control Service | |||
FortiGuard IPS Service | |||
FortiGuard Advanced Malware Protection (AMP) — Antivirus, Mobile Malware, Botnet, CDR, Virus Outbreak Protection and FortiSandbox Cloud Service | |||
FortiGuard Web and Video1 Filtering Service | |||
FortiGuard Antispam Service | |||
FortiGuard Security Rating Service | |||
FortiGuard IoT Detection Service | |||
FortiGuard Industrial Security Service | |||
FortiConverter Service |
1. Available when running FortiOS 7.0
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