Fortinet FortiGate 5101C - security appliance

FortiGate-5000 series chassis-based security system offers unmatched performance, reliability, and scalability for your high-speed service provider, large enterprise or telecommunications carrier network. Native 10-GbE support and a highly-flexible AdvancedTCA (ATCA)-compliant architecture enable the FortiGate-5000 series to protect complex, multi-tenant cloud-based security-as a-service and infrastructure-as-a-service environments.
Since the FortiGate-5000 series hardware is composed of multiple security and networking blades, scalability for future growth comes standard. In addition, select FortiGate security blades feature Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) expansion bays for additional hardware-accelerated network interfaces, local disk-based storage, and security processing offloading to specialized hardware. With four chassis models and an array of network and security options to choose from, FortiGate-5000 series systems scale easily with your business plans and security requirements into the future.

Key Points

• Unmatched performance, scalability, and security
• Carrier-class high-performance hardware
• Modular scalability
• MSSP core security
• Secure messaging

Product Features

• Unmatched performance, scalability, and security
  FortiGate-5000 series chassis-based security system offers unmatched performance, reliability, and scalability for your high-speed service provider, large enterprise or telecommunications carrier network. Native 10-GbE support and a highly-flexible AdvancedTCA (ATCA)-compliant architecture enable the FortiGate-5000 series to protect complex, multi-tenant cloud-based security-as a-service and infrastructure-as-a-service environments.
• Carrier-class high-performance hardware
  By adding modular blades, a FortiGate-5000 series system can scale to deliver up to 480 Gbps of firewall throughput, the fastest throughput available, and up to 132 million concurrent sessions.
• Modular scalability
  Since the FortiGate-5000 series hardware is composed of multiple security and networking blades, scalability for future growth comes standard. In addition, select FortiGate security blades feature Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) expansion bays for additional hardware-accelerated network interfaces, local disk-based storage, and security processing offloading to specialized hardware. With four chassis models and an array of network and security options to choose from, FortiGate-5000 series systems scale easily with your business plans and security requirements into the future.
• MSSP core security
  The FortiGate-5000 series delivers comprehensive security for Managed Security Service Providers (MSSPs). The full suite of ASIC-accelerated security modules allows for customizable features for specific customers, while virtualization features like Virtual Domains (VDOMs) provide up to 6,000 separate security domains.
• Secure messaging
  Email is an essential corporate communication tool. Malware has adapted to this trend and email is now a primary vector of transmission for malware threats. Instant messaging and other social media is also quickly becoming a primary propagation vector as adoption rates increase. By combining Fortinet antispam technology, application control, antivirus scanning, and web filtering, customers can secure email and other messaging, preventing costly data breaches.