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About FortiGate-VM on VMware ESXi. FortiGate virtual appliances allow you to mitigate blind spots by implementing critical security controls within your virtual infrastructure. They also allow you to rapidly provision security infrastructure whenever and wherever it is needed. FortiGate-VM is certified to be compatible with vCloud Director and listed on the compatibility page. FortiGate-VM is also certified to be VMware vCloud NFV Ready, with VNF compatibility on VMware vSphere. Fortinet and VMware can jointly provide an agile and secure platform for service delivery with greater security agility and customization. FortiGate-VMs benefit from SR-IOV because SR-IOV optimizes network performance and reduces latency and CPU usage. FortiGate-VMs do not use VMware ESXi features that are incompatible with SR-IOV, so you can enable SR-IOV without negatively affecting your FortiGate-VM. SR-IOV implements an I/O memory management unit (IOMMU) to differentiate. Fortinet FortiGate-VMX Fortinet FortiGate-VMX is a Virtual Appliance Solution for VMware environments that provides purpose-built integration for VMware’s Software-Defined Data Center (SDDC), interoperability with vSphere and NSX. In the previous discussion on Fortigate VM we have shown the procedure of installing, setup and licencing of v-FortiOS version 4.0 Old Discussion page: Running FortiOS (Fortigate VM) in VMware Here we will discuss the Fortigate VM version 5.0 Features of Fortigate VM version 5.0 Procedure Step 1: Open the Fortigate-VM.ovf file into VMware.
Downloading the FortiGate VM deployment package
FortiGate VM deployment packages are included with FortiGate firmware images on the Customer Service & Support site. First, see the following table to determine the appropriate VM deployment package for your VM platform.
Selecting the correct FortiGate VM deployment package for your VM platform
VM Platform | FortiGate VM Deployment File |
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Citrix XenServer v5.6sp2, 6.0 and later | FGT_VM64-v500-buildnnnn-FORTINET. out.CitrixXen.zip |
OpenXen v3.4.3, 4.1 | FGT_VM64-v500-buildnnnn-FORTINET. out.OpenXen.zip |
Microsoft Hyper-V Server 2008R2 and 2012 | FGT_VM64-v500-buildnnnn-FORTINET. out.hyperv.zip |
KVM (qemu 0.12.1) | FGT_VM64-v500-buildnnnn-FORTINET. out.kvm.zip |
VMware ESX 4.0, 4.1 ESXi 4.0/4.1/5.0/5.1/5.5 | FGT_VM32-v500-buildnnnn-FORTINET. out.ovf.zip (32-bit) FGT_VM64-v500-buildnnnn-FORTINET. out.ovf.zip |
For more information see the FortiGate product datasheet available on the Fortinet web site, http://www.fortinet.com/products/fortigate/virtualappliances.html.
The firmware images FTP directory is organized by firmware version, major release, and patch release. The firmware images in the directories follow a specific naming convention and each firmware image is specific to the device model. For example, the FGT_VM32-v500-build0151-FORTINET.out.ovf.zip image found in the v5.0 Patch Release 2 directory is specific to the FortiGate VM 32-bit environment.
You can also download the FortiOS Release Notes, FORTINET-FORTIGATE MIB file, FSSO images, and SSL VPN client in this directory. The Fortinet Core MIB file is located in the main FortiGate v5.00 directory. |
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To download the FortiGate VM deployment package:
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- In the main page of the Customer Service & Support site, select Download > Firmware Images.
The Firmware Images page opens. - In the Firmware Images page, select FortiGate.
- Browse to the appropriate directory on the FTP site for the version that you would like to download.
- Download the appropriate
.zip
file for your VM server platform.
You can also download the FortiGate Release Notes. - Extract the contents of the deployment package to a new file folder.
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