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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Our IT team needs to support a number of small offices and people that regularly work from home. We were spending a significant amount of time troubleshooting problems for our teleworkers, and these problems often led to time consuming site visits. To reduce our support costs for teleworkers, we decided that we needed a smarter way of securing their access to our systems.

Michael Hughes, Team Leader of Technical Services
City of Boroondara