Technical Tip: Deciphering abbreviations for Fortinet products
Description
This article describes a list of the abbreviations that have been associated with Fortinet products.
These abbreviations are used for various purposes and sometimes the different abbreviations will be used a different situations for the same product:
- Can be used as part of the model name such as 'FGT60D'.
- Some of these will be used as prefixes for the serial number of a product such as 'FG100Dxxxxxxxxxx'.
- The same prefix syntax used for the serial number may also be used to identify the device in the entries of a syslog server such as 'device_id=FG50BHxxxxxxxxxx'.
Some products have been around for some time and the naming convention has evolved over time so that an older model of a product may have a different prefix than one of the newer models.
Scope
All Fortinet products.
Solution
| Product | Abbreviation(s) |
| FortiADC (Application Delivery Controller) | FAD, FADC, FBL |
| FortiAnalyzer | FAZ, FL, FLG |
| FortiAnalyzer-BigData | FAZ-BD |
| FortiAP (Access Point) | FAP |
| FortiAuthenticator | FAC |
| FortiBridge | FB, FBG |
| FortiCache | FCH |
| FortiCamera | FCM |
| FortiCarrier | FCR, FG, FK, FS, FT |
| FortiCarrier, Low Encryption BIOS | LK |
| FortiCASB (Cloud Access Security Broker) | FCASB |
| FortiClient | FCC, FCT |
| FortiClient Endpoint Management Server | FCTEMS |
| FortiCloud | FCL |
| FortiController | FCTL |
| FortiCore | FCE |
| FortiCWP (Cloud Workload Protection) | FCWP |
| FortiDB (DataBase) | FDB |
| FortiDDOS | FDD, FI |
| FortiDeceptor | FDC |
| FortiDNS | FNS |
| FortiEdge | FEG |
| FortiEDR (Endpoint Detection and Response) | FEDR |
| FortiExtender | FEX, FEXT |
| FortiFirewall | FFW, FFD |
| FortiGate | FG, FGT |
| FortiGate, Low Encryption BIOS | LF |
| FortiGate, Ruggedized | FGR |
| FortiGate, Voice | FGV |
| FortiGuest | FST |
| FortiHypervisor | FHV |
| FortiMail | FE, FMAIL, FML |
| FortiManager | FM, FMG |
| FortiNAC | FNC, FNAC |
| FortiNDR (Network Detection and Response) | FAI, FNDR |
| Fortinet Storage Module | FSM |
| FortiPAM | FPAVUL |
| FortiPhone | FON |
| FortiPortal | FPC |
| FortiProvision | FPV |
| FortiProxy | FPX |
| FortiRecorder | FRC |
| FortiSandbox | FSA |
| FortiScan | FSC |
| FortiSIEM | FSM |
| FortiSOAR (Security Orchestration and Automated Response) | FSOAR, FSR |
| FortiSRA | FRAVUL |
| FortiSwitch | FS, FSW |
| FortiSwitchATCA | FT |
| FortiSwitch, Ruggedized | FSR |
| FortiTap | FTP |
| FortiTester | FTS |
| FortiToken | FTK |
| FortiToken Cloud | FTKCLD |
| FortiToken Mobile | FTM |
| FortiVoice System | FVC |
| FortiVoice, Enterprise | FVE |
| FortiWAN Load Balancer | FWN |
| FortiWeb | FV, FWB |
| FortiWiFi | FW, FWF |
| FortiWLC (Wireless Controller) | FWC |
| FortiWLM (Wireless LAN Manager) | FWM, FWLM |
Character Code designations.
Periodically, a string of characters is added to the name of a product or file to indicate how it differs from the base version. This table helps decipher those little additional characters in the name of something that would otherwise be intuitive.
| Character Code | Description |
| 'MI' in the name of a firmware build | International build |
| 'MN' in the name of a firmware build | North America |