FORTIGATE-311B

The FortiGate-311B multi-threat security appliance delivers proven, consolidated security at switching speeds. Its enterprise-grade performance and no per-user pricing make it ideal for your growing enterprise. The FortiGate-311B appliance integrates two purpose-built security processing ASICs to provide the high-performance protection you need in your network. The FortiASIC™ Network Processor provides acceleration for firewall, encryption/decryption, signature, and heuristic packet scanning. The FortiASIC Content Processor provides additional acceleration for content intensive security technologies such as intrusion prevention and antivirus scanning.

The FortiGate-311B appliance's eight hardware-accelerated interfaces (expandable to 12) enable you to enforce firewall policies between network segmentation points for increased security, while preserving switch-like performance. The modular expansion slots give you even more flexibility, offering incremental ASIC-accelerated ports for additional throughput or increased disk-based storage. The appliance's included storage provides localized event logging, content archiving, or WAN optimization. The FortiGate-311B appliance enables you to create multiple security zones for various departments, users, access methods and devices, to enforce your critical network security at accelerated speeds.

FortiGate-311B Benefits

  • ASIC-acceleration delivers wire-speed firewall and near wire-speed IPSec VPN performance, combined with superior IPS and antivirus/antispyware/antimalware operation.
  • Modular expansion offers you maximum configuration flexibility, such as additional hardware-accelerated gigabit Ethernet ports.
  • Integrated multi-threat security features provide the ability to augment existing systems or replace aging security infrastructures, increasing security while protecting the value of your investments.
  • Internal network security segmentation delivers increased security, with security event isolation and greater network visibility.
  • Available integration with FortiManager and FortiAnalyzer appliances lowers your operating expenses by simplifying security management, reporting, and analysis.
  • FortiGuard Subscription Services deliver automated, real-time, up-to-date protection against emerging security threats and exploits.

FortiGate-311B Features
Maximum Firewall Throughput 8 Gbps (base)
12 Gbps (w/AMC)
Maximum IPSec VPN Throughput 6 Gbps (base)
9 Gbps (w/AMC)
Maximum Antivirus Throughput 160 Mbps
Maximum IPS Throughput 800 Mbps
Maximum Concurrent Sessions 600,000
Network Interfaces 10 Copper GigE 10/100/1000 Base-T
+4 GigE SFP w/AMC
Modular Expansion Bays 1 Single-Width AMC Bay
2 Fortinet Storage Module (FSM) Bays (1 available)
Local Log / Content Archive Facilities Yes (One Solid-State Disk Storage Module Included)
Redundant Power Supplies Yes
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Only a few vendors can provide security appliances with such high firewall performance. We were very happy with the high level of security, service reliability and cost-effectiveness provided by Fortinet's solutions, so it was a natural progression to look at Fortinet's recently introduced enterprise security appliance. The tests conducted on the FortiGate-3810A proved that Fortinet's new system addressed our high network bandwidth and security performance requirements.

Sylvain Meunier, Network Architect
Onera