What is the difference between FortiGate Security Appliance (FSA) 10 Gbps and FSA 1 Gbps? What about Virtual Router Appliance?

FSA 10 Gbps provides faster throughput compared to FSA 1 Gbps. It allows the customer to protect multiple VLANs (both private and public). More add-ons such as Anti-Virus (AV), Intrusion Prevention (IPS), and web filtering can be enabled on demand.

Virtual Router Appliance also protects multiple VLANs. However, Virtual Router Appliance does not provide next-generation firewall add-ons and purpose-built security processors.

Can FSA 10G and a network gateway be associated with the same VLAN?

No, it is not possible to have an FSA 10G and a network gateway device to be associated with the same customer VLAN.

Does this offering charge for private network connectivity?

IBM offers private connectivity free of charge, which is one of the key differentiators in the marketplace.

Is FSA 1 Gbps also a multi-VLAN offering?

No, only FSA 10 Gbps supports multiple VLANs.

Is FSA 10 Gbps available in Federal data centers?

FSA 10 Gbps is not currently available in Federal data centers.

Can an FSA 10 Gbps be used in place of a Virtual Router Appliance?

Yes.

Do you plan to upgrade FSA 1G with the same capability of the FSA 10G appliance?

Not currently.

Can the FSA 10 Gbps span over multiple pods in a data center?

Not currently. FSA 10 Gbps is only able to protect VLANs for the pod it is deployed in.

What are the default DNS servers of FortiGate 10 Gbps?

By default, FortiGate uses the following FortiGuard's DNS servers.

• Primary: 208.91.112.53
• Secondary: 208.91.112.52