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FortiCare Service Level Agreements

All service requests are recorded in the FortiCare Case tracking system and are assigned a Case Priority.  The Case Priority determined by business impact drives FortiCare Cases. Fortinet Support will help the Customer to assess the business impact of the support request within the guidelines of the SLA. Case Priority determines all the initial response, reporting interval and notification schedule. This priority can be changed to reflect changed business impact during the life of a case.

FortiCare Case Priority

By prioritizing Fortinet resources based upon business impact, Fortinet ensures that cases are quickly resolved within expectations defined by the FortiCare SLA.  Priority is a determination made by Fortinet based on by the priority definitions given below and the customer’s unique problem set.

Priority is aligned with business impact rather than with any specific technical feature or capability.  Business impact and therefore Case Priority is a function of the number of users impacted and/or the financial impact to the customer.

P1
Catastrophic impact to mission critical functionality.
Total loss or continuous instabilities of mission critical functionality.
Critical traffic impact, major loss of connectivity or vital security flaw.
Creation of a hazard or an emergency.

Fortinet engagement - resources dedicated 24x7 until resolution or Workaround in place.

Customer engagement - designated resources available 24x7 with ability to provide required information. 
P2
Significant impact to mission critical functionality:
Serious loss or frequent instabilities of mission critical functionality.

Fortinet engagement - resources dedicated 8x5 until resolution or Workaround in place.

Customer engagement – designated resources available 8x5 with ability to provide required information.
P3
Minimal impact to major business operations.
Occasional or intermittent instabilities of core functions.
Limited traffic impact, loss of connectivity or security exposure.

Fortinet engagement – resources committed during normal business hours to provide a resolution or Workaround to restore business operations to acceptable levels.

Customer engagement – resources made available during normal business hours with ability to provide required information.
P4
Cases involving minor defects to Product, documentation or service, or information requests, or configuration assistance.

Fortinet engagement – to investigate the issue and to provide feedback on the expected resolution.

Customer engagement – to provide additional qualification information as requested by Fortinet.

 

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