FortiGate 6500F Security Appliance – 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 – Fortinet FG-6500F

FortiGate 6500F Specifications:

  • Manufacturer: Fortinet, Inc
  • Brand Name: Fortinet
  • Product Line: FortiGate
  • Product Series: 6000F
  • Product Model: 6500F

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Description

FortiGate 6500F Specifications:

  • Manufacturer: Fortinet, Inc
  • Brand Name: Fortinet
  • Product Line: FortiGate
  • Product Series: 6000F
  • Product Model: 6500F

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: 170 Gbps
  • NGFW Throughput: 150 Gbps
  • Threat Protection Throughput: 100 Gbps

System Performance and Capacity

  • IPv4 Firewall Throughput (1518 / 512 / 64 byte, UDP): 239 / 238 / 135 Gbps
  • IPv6 Firewall Throughput (1518 / 512 / 86 byte, UDP): 239 / 238 / 135 Gbps
  • Firewall Latency (64 byte, UDP): 4.80 μs
  • Firewall Throughput (Packet per Second): 202.5 Mpps
  • Concurrent Sessions (TCP): 200 Million
  • New Sessions/Second (TCP): 3Million
  • Firewall Policies: 200000
  • IPsec VPN Throughput (512 byte): 160 Gbps
  • Gateway-to-Gateway IPsec VPN Tunnels: 16 000
  • Client-to-Gateway IPsec VPN Tunnels: 90 000
  • SSL-VPN Throughput: 9 Gbps
  • Concurrent SSL-VPN Users (Recommended Maximum, Tunnel Mode): 30 000
  • SSL Inspection Throughput (IPS, avg. HTTPS): 110 Gbps
  • SSL Inspection CPS (IPS, avg. HTTPS): 50 000
  • SSL Inspection Concurrent Session (IPS, avg. HTTPS): 18 Million
  • Application Control Throughput (HTTP 64K): 220 Gbps
  • CAPWAP Throughput (HTTP 64K): 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 (FGSP), Active-Passive, Clusterin

Note: All performance values are “up to” and vary depending on system configuration, for more information check FortiGate 6500F DataSheet

FortiGate 6500F Product Features:

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.

 

FortiGate 6500F Datasheet – Download PDF