The Fortinet FG-5001E-BDL-974-36 is a mid-range security appliance built on the FG-5001E platform, designed for enterprise branch and distributed data center deployments. It provides dual 40GE QSFP+ uplink ports for high-speed site-to-site connectivity, two 10GE SFP+ ports for flexible expansion, and dual GE RJ45 management ports. The unit delivers stateful firewall inspection, VPN termination, and threat prevention across multiple gigabits of throughput, making it suitable for organizations requiring consolidated security and WAN aggregation without heavyweight data center appliance costs.
Typical deployments include branch office consolidation, regional hub firewalling, and hybrid cloud edge security. The bundle includes five years of FortiGuard support with 24×7 coverage, providing malware protection, intrusion prevention, web filtering, and application control. Compatible with Fortinet's FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer management platforms for centralized policy and logging.
Tested and guaranteed to specification. Available via quote from G5 Network Group.
