FortiGate VM ESXi
FortiGate VM ESXi
FortiGate®-VM on
VMware ESXi
Highlights
• Support high
availability
configurations to
ensure network
security and uptime
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FortiOS Everywhere
FortiOS, Fortinet’s advanced operating system
FortiOS enables the convergence of high performing networking and security across the
Fortinet Security Fabric. Because it can be deployed anywhere, it delivers consistent and
Available in context-aware security posture across network, endpoint, and multi-cloud environments.
FortiOS powers all FortiGate deployments whether a physical or virtual device, as a container,
or as a cloud service. This universal deployment model enables the consolidation of many
technologies and use cases into a simplified, single policy and management framework. Its
organically built best-of-breed capabilities, unified operating system, and ultra-scalability
Appliance
allows organizations to protect all edges, simplify operations, and run their business without
compromising performance or protection.
FortiOS dramatically expands the Fortinet Security Fabric’s ability to deliver advanced AI/
ML-powered services, inline advanced sandbox detection, integrated ZTNA enforcement,
and more, provides protection across hybrid deployment models for hardware, software, and
Virtual Software-as-a-Service with SASE.
FortiOS expands visibility and control, ensures the consistent deployment and enforcement of
security policies, and enables centralized management across large-scale networks with the
following key attributes:
Cloud
Container
Intuitive easy to use view into the network and Visibility with FOS Application Signatures
endpoint vulnerabilities
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FortiGuard Services
Network and File Security
Services provide protection against network-based and file-based threats. This consists of
Intrusion Prevention (IPS) which uses AI/M models to perform deep packet/SSL inspection
to detect and stop malicious content, and apply virtual patching when a new vulnerability is
discovered. It also includes Anti-Malware for defense against known and unknown file-based
threats. Anti-malware services span both antivirus and file sandboxing to provide multi-
layered protection and are enhanced in real-time with threat intelligence from FortiGuard Labs.
Application Control enhances security compliance and offers real-time application visibility.
OT Security
The service provides OT detection, OT vulnerability correlation, virtual patching, OT signatures,
and industry-specific protocol decoders for overall robust defense of OT environments and
devices.
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FortiGate virtual firewalls (FortiGate-VM), featuring advanced virtual security processing units
(vSPUs), overcome the throughput barrier to provide top performance in private and public
clouds. With FortiGate-VM, organizations can securely migrate any application and support a
variety of use cases, including highly available large-scale virtual private networks (VPNs) in
the cloud.”
FortiGate-VM removes the cost-performance barriers to adopting virtual NGFWs, with several
industry-leading features:
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Deployment
Next Generation Firewall (NGFW)
• Reduce complexity by combining threat protection security capabilities into single high-
performance network security appliances
• Identify and stop threats with powerful intrusion prevention beyond port and protocol that
examines the actual applications in your network traffic
• Deliver the industry’s highest SSL inspection performance using industry-mandated ciphers
while maximizing ROI
• Proactively block newly discovered sophisticated attacks in real-time with advanced threat
protection
VPN Gateway
• Direct Connect utilizing FortiGate firewalls for SSL and IPsec VPNs into and out of the AWS
VPCs
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Technologies
SR-IOV (Single Root I/O Virtualization)
In enabling SR-IOV on the KVM host, you can partition a single physical network controller
into multiple virtual interfaces (called virtual functions (VFs)), consisting of an ESXi virtual
network pool of adapters, which can be used by local host processors or directly by VMs like
the FortiGate-VM. The VM then talks directly to the network adapters through Direct Memory
Access (DMA) by bypassing virtualization transports, which improves north-south network
performance.
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Specifications
FortiGate-VM01/01V/01S FortiGate-VM02/02V/02S
Technical Specifications
vCPU Support (Minimum / Maximum) 1/1 1/2
Memory Support (Minimum) 2 GB 2 GB
Network Interface Support (Minimum / Maximum) 1 1 / 10 1 / 10
Storage Support (Minimum / Maximum) 32 GB / 2 TB 32 GB / 2 TB
Wireless Access Points Controlled (Tunnel / Global) 32 / 64 512 / 1024
Firewall Throughput (UDP Packets, 1518 Byte) 12.9 Gbps N/A ⁸ 17 Gbps 32 Gbps
Firewall Throughput (UDP Packets, 512 Byte) 6 Gbps N/A ⁸ 7 Gbps 11.2 Gbps
Firewall Throughput (UDP Packets, 64 Byte) 1 Gbps N/A ⁸ 1.1 Gbps 1.7 Gbps
IPSec VPN UDP Throughput-1360 (AES256GCM) 0.5 Gbps N/A ⁸ 1 Gbps 12 Gbps
New Sessions / Second (TCP) 106K N/A ⁸ 151K 104K
Concurrent Connections (TCP) 1.5M N/A ⁸ 3.5M 1.7M
Application Control Throughput (HTTP 64K) 4 1.4 Gbps N/A ⁸ 2.3 Gbps 3.4 Gbps
IPS Throughput (Enterprise Mix) 3 0.8 Gbps N/A ⁸ 1.7 Gbps 2 Gbps
IPS Throughput (HTTP 1M) 1.1 Gbps N/A ⁸ 1.9 Gbps 2.4 Gbps
NGFW Throughput (Enterprise Mix) 5 0.7 Gbps N/A ⁸ 1.3 Gbps 1.4 Gbps
Threat Protection Throughput (Enterprise Mix) 6 0.4 Gbps N/A ⁸ 0.9 Gbps 1.1 Gbps
SSL VPN Throughput 7 1.5 Gbps N/A ⁸ 1.6 Gbps N/A
FortiGate-VM04/04V/04S FortiGate-VM08/08V/08S
Technical Specifications
vCPU Support (Minimum / Maximum) 1/4 1/8
Memory Support (Minimum) 2 GB 2 GB
Network Interface Support (Minimum / Maximum) 1 1 / 10 1 / 10
Storage Support (Minimum / Maximum) 32 GB / 2 TB 32 GB / 2 TB
Wireless Access Points Controlled (Tunnel / Global) 512 / 1024 1024 / 4096
IPSec VPN UDP Throughput-1360 (AES256GCM) 2.1 Gbps 22.5 Gbps 4 Gbps 37.5 Gbps
New Sessions / Second (TCP) 123K 155K 392K 323K
Concurrent Connections (TCP) 6M 3M 13M 6.5M
Application Control Throughput (HTTP 64K) 4 5.3 Gbps 7.1 Gbps 9.1 Gbps 11.3 Gbps
IPS Throughput (Enterprise Mix) 3 3.3 Gbps 3.6 Gbps 5.9 Gbps 6.1 Gbps
IPS Throughput (HTTP 1M) 3.5 Gbps 4.5 Gbps 6.8 Gbps 8.9 Gbps
NGFW Throughput (Enterprise Mix) 5 2.6 Gbps 2.8 Gbps 4.2 Gbps 5.2 Gbps
Threat Protection Throughput (Enterprise Mix) 6 1.8 Gbps 1.9 Gbps 3.4 Gbps 3.5 Gbps
SSL VPN Throughput 7 3.9 Gbps N/A 8.1 Gbps N/A
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Specifications
FortiGate-VM16/16V/16S FortiGate-VM32/32V/32S
Technical Specifications
vCPU Support (Minimum / Maximum) 1 / 16 1 / 32
Memory Support (Minimum) 2 GB 2 GB
Network Interface Support (Minimum / Maximum) 1 1 / 10 1 / 10
Storage Support (Minimum / Maximum) 32 GB / 2 TB 32 GB / 2 TB
Wireless Access Points Controlled (Tunnel / Global) 1024 / 4096 1024 / 4096
Firewall Throughput (UDP Packets, 1518 Byte) 50 Gbps 110 Gbps 79 Gbps 117 Gbps
Firewall Throughput (UDP Packets, 512 Byte) 15.5 Gbps 37.5 Gbps 40.7 Gbps 39.8 Gbps
Firewall Throughput (UDP Packets, 64 Byte) 3.2 Gbps 6 Gbps 4.3 Gbps 6.4 Gbps
IPSec VPN UDP Throughput-1360 (AES256GCM) 5.2 Gbps 39.7 Gbps 7.2 Gbps 45.6 Gbps
New Sessions / Second (TCP) 673K 524K 914K 620K
Concurrent Connections (TCP) 27M 14M 55.5M 29M
Application Control Throughput (HTTP 64K) 4 17.3 Gbps 19.5 Gbps 25.6 Gbps 26.5 Gbps
IPS Throughput (Enterprise Mix) 3 10.1 Gbps 12.1 Gbps 15.4 Gbps 16.1 Gbps
IPS Throughput (HTTP 1M) 11.6 Gbps 16.4 Gbps 17.5 Gbps 21 Gbps
NGFW Throughput (Enterprise Mix) 5 8.5 Gbps 10.1 Gbps 12.6 Gbps 13.6 Gbps
Threat Protection Throughput (Enterprise Mix) 6 6.3 Gbps 7 Gbps 10.5 Gbps 11 Gbps
SSL VPN Throughput 7 8.6 Gbps N/A 9.7 Gbps N/A
FortiGate-VMUL/ULV/ULS
Technical Specifications
vCPU Support (Minimum / Maximum) 1 / unlimited
Memory Support (Minimum) 2 GB
Network Interface Support (Minimum / Maximum) 1 1 / 10
Storage Support (Minimum / Maximum) 32 GB / 2 TB
Wireless Access Points Controlled (Tunnel / Global) 1024 / 4096
For the sizing guide, please refer to the sizing document available on www.fortinet.com
Note. All performance values are “up to” and vary depending on system configuration. 1. Applicable to 7.0.6+. The actual working number of consumable network interfaces varies
Datasheet numbers should only be used as a guidance for VM sizing, rather than a depending on VMware ESXi instance types/sizes and may be less.
definitive information since performance measures vary quite significantly based up on 2. FG-VMxxV and FG-VMxxS series do not come with a multi-VDOM feature by default.
the selected testbed (hardware + host OS), FortiOS version and configuration, as well as You can add it by applying separate VDOM addition perpetual/subscription licenses. See
the tunning applied to achieve more performance. For numbers alinged with your own ORDER INFORMATION for VDOM SKUs.
environment, make sure you engage with one of our pre-sales representatives for specific
guidance before purchasing any licenses. 3. IPS performance is measured using Enterprise Traffic Mix and 1 Mbyte HTTP.
Actual performance may vary depending on the network and system configuration. Note 4. Application Control performance is measured with 64 Kbyte HTTP traffic.
that these metrics are updated periodically as the product performance keeps improving 5. NGFW performance is measured with IPS and Application Control enabled, based on
through internal testing. The discrepancy in the performance numbers may be noted in Enterprise Traffic Mix.
different versions of the document so ensure that you refer to the latest datasheets..
6. Threat Protection performance is measured with IPS and Application Control and Malware
Performance metrics were observed using DELL R740 (CPU Intel Xeon Platinum 8268 CPU, protection enabled, based on Enterprise Traffic Mix.
192G memory), with SRIVO NIC Intel X710. Tested with FortiOS 7.0.6 running on VMware
7. SSL-VPN does not support vSPU in the tested firmware.
vSphere ESXi 7.0.3 Build 19482537.
8. vSPU requires at least 2vCPUs.
vSPU refers to the combination of FortiOS vNP and DPDK libraries in the FortiGate-VM. vNP
is the software emulation of a subset of Fortinet’s Network Processor (NP).
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Ordering Information
Product SKU Description
FortiGate-VM01 FG-VM01, FG-VM01V FortiGate-VM ‘virtual appliance’. 1x vCPU core. No VDOM by default for FG-VM01V model.
FortiGate-VM02 FG-VM02, FG-VM02V FortiGate-VM ‘virtual appliance’. 2x vCPU cores. No VDOM by default for FG-VM02V model.
FortiGate-VM04 FG-VM04, FG-VM04V FortiGate-VM ‘virtual appliance’. 4x vCPU cores. No VDOM by default for FG-VM04V model.
FortiGate-VM08 FG-VM08, FG-VM08V FortiGate-VM ‘virtual appliance’. 8x vCPU cores. No VDOM by default for FG-VM08V model.
FortiGate-VM16 FG-VM16, FG-VM16V FortiGate-VM ‘virtual appliance’. 16x vCPU cores. No VDOM by default for FG-VM016V model.
FortiGate-VM32 FG-VM32, FG-VM32V FortiGate-VM ‘virtual appliance’. 32x vCPU cores. No VDOM by default for FG-VM032V model.
FortiGate-VMUL FG-VMUL, FG-VMULV FortiGate-VM ‘virtual appliance’. Unlimited vCPU cores. No VDOM by default for FG-VMULV model.
Virtual Domain License Add 5 FG-VDOM-5-UG Upgrade license for adding 5 VDOMs to FortiOS 5.4 and later, limited by platform maximum VDOM
capacity.
Virtual Domain License Add 15 FG-VDOM-15-UG Upgrade license for adding 15 VDOMs to FortiOS 5.4 and later, limited by platform maximum VDOM
capacity.
Virtual Domain License Add 25 FG-VDOM-25-UG Upgrade license for adding 25 VDOMs to FortiOS 5.4 and later, limited by platform maximum VDOM
capacity.
Virtual Domain License Add 50 FG-VDOM-50-UG Upgrade license for adding 50 VDOMs to FortiOS 5.4 and later, limited by platform maximum VDOM
capacity.
Virtual Domain License Add 240 FG-VDOM-240-UG Upgrade license for adding 240 VDOMs to FortiOS 5.4 and later, limited by platform maximum VDOM
capacity.
The number of configurable VDOMs can be stacked up to the maximum number of supported VDOMs per vCPU model. Please refer to Virtual Domains (Maximum) under SPECIFICATIONS.
FortiGate-VM16-S FC5-10-FGVVS-<Support Bundle>-02-DD Subscriptions license for FortiGate-VM (16 vCPU cores)
FortiGate-VM32-S FC6-10-FGVVS-<Support Bundle>-02-DD Subscriptions license for FortiGate-VM (32 vCPU cores)
FortiGate-VMUL-S FC7-10-FGVVS-<Support Bundle>-02-DD Subscriptions license for FortiGate-VM (Unlimited vCPU cores)
FortiGate-VDOM FC1-10-FGVVS-498-02-DD Subscription license for adding VDOMs to FortiGate-VM S series running OS 6.4.8/7.0.2 or higher
Support Bundle
FortiOS 6.2.3+ and 6.4.0+ support the FortiGate-VM S-series. The FortiGate-VM S-series does not have RAM restrictions on all vCPU levels.
FortiManager 6.2.3+ and 6.4.0+ support managing FortiGate-VM S-series devices.
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Subscriptions
Bundles
SD-WAN and SASE SD-WAN Underlay Bandwidth and Quality Monitoring Service •
Services
SD-WAN Overlay-as-a-Service for SaaS-based overlay network •
provisioning
SD-WAN Connector for FortiSASE Secure Private Access •
FortiGuard Bundles
FortiGuard Labs delivers a number of security intelligence services to augment the FortiGate firewall platform.
You can easily optimize the protection capabilities of your FortiGate with one of these FortiGuard Bundles.
FortiCare Services
Fortinet prioritizes customer success through FortiCare Services, optimizing the Fortinet Security Fabric solution.
Our comprehensive lifecycle services include Design, Deploy, Operate, Optimize, and Evolve. The FortiCare
Elite, one of the service variants, offers heightened SLAs and swift issue resolution with a dedicated support
team. This advanced support option includes an Extended End-of-Engineering-Support of 18 months, providing
flexibility. Access the intuitive FortiCare Elite Portal for a unified view of device and security health, streamlining
operational efficiency and maximizing Fortinet deployment performance.
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will not use Fortinet’s products and services to engage in, or support in any way, violations or abuses of human rights, including
those involving illegal censorship, surveillance, detention, or excessive use of force. Users of Fortinet products are required
to comply with the Fortinet EULA and report any suspected violations of the EULA via the procedures outlined in the Fortinet
Whistleblower Policy.
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or company names may be trademarks of their respective owners. Performance and other metrics contained herein were attained in internal lab tests under ideal conditions, and actual performance and other results may vary. Network variables, different network environments and other
conditions may affect performance results. Nothing herein represents any binding commitment by Fortinet, and Fortinet disclaims all warranties, whether express or implied, except to the extent Fortinet enters a binding written contract, signed by Fortinet’s General Counsel, with a purchaser
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January 5, 2024
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