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FORTINET FORTIGATE VIRTUAL APPLIANCE FOR MICROSOFT AURE QUICK START GUIDE. Select the FortiGate NGFW Deployment Model Once you have selected the FortiGate NGFW Single VM, you will automatically be taken to the Resource Manager Panel, where you can create a deployment model.

> FortiGate VM models and licensing Fortinet offers the FortiGate VM in five virtual appliance models determined by license. When configuring your FortiGate VM, be sure to configure hardware settings within the ranges outlined below. Contact your Fortinet Authorized Reseller for more information. FortiGate VM model information Technical Specification FG-VM00 FG-VM01 FG-VM02 FG-VM04 FG-VM08 Virtual CPUs (min / max) 1 / 1 1 / 1 1 / 2 1 / 4 1 / 8 Virtual Network Interfaces (min / max) 2 / 10 Virtual Memory (min / max) 1GB / 1.5GB 1GB / 2GB 1GB / 4GB 1GB / 6GB 1GB /12GB Virtual Storage (min / max) 32GB / 2TB Managed Wireless APs (tunnel mode / global) 32 / 32 32 / 64 256 / 512 256 / 512 1024 / 4096 Virtual Domains (default / max) 1 / 2 10 / 10 10 / 25 10 / 50 10 / 250 There may be times the min/max values can change. An example for this is when the maximum memory for FG-VM00 changed between 5.2 and 5.4 from 1 GB to 1.5 GM. If that is the case, the settings for the VM will have to be manually changed to accommodate the new parameters.

After placing an order for FortiGate VM, a license registration code is sent to the email address used on the order form. Use the registration number provided to register the FortiGate VM with Customer Service & Support and then download the license file. Once the license file is uploaded to the FortiGate VM and validated, your FortiGate VM appliance is fully functional. The number of Virtual Network Interfaces is not solely dependent on the FortiGate VM. Some virtual environments have their own limitations on the number of interfaces allowed. As an example, if you go to you will find that Azure has its own restrictions for VMs, depending on the type of deployment or even the size of the VM. FortiGate VM evaluation license FortiGate VM includes a limited embedded 15-day trial license that supports: • 1 CPU maximum • 1024 MB memory maximum • low encryption only (no HTTPS administrative access) • all features except FortiGuard updates You cannot upgrade the firmware, doing so will lock the Web-based Manager until a license is uploaded.

Technical support is not included. The trial period begins the first time you start FortiGate VM. After the trial license expires, functionality is disabled until you upload a license file.

Contents • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • Necessary downloads Notes:: The hardware compatibility of the above Fortigate VM is Workstation 6.5-7.x virtual machine. Please try or lower.

Video Tutorial Installation, Setup and Licencing of Fortigate VM Open the Fortigate in VMware Workstation After download, simply extract the file and open the fortigate.vmx file in VMware. VM Setup Immediately after, it will be reflected on VMware window. Do not forget to change some initial setting before you fire up the Fortigate. Optimizing Hardware Do a little changes here in memory settings to optimize the hardware of your PC. Set the memory requirement 512MB. Now do some changes in Virtual Network Adapter settings as compatible to your topology.

Here I made my own topology bellow and dis the post changes in VM Network Adapters. Topology More about Virtual Netowrk and Sharing. VM Netork Editor Configurations Varification of VM Adapters Here see the impact of changes in my system. Note here that my internet connection(Local Area Network) is shared with Virtual Network Adapter(VMnet8) and the IP address of the VMnet0 and VMnet8 is set to specific as I dis configuration on Virtual Network Editor earlier.