Fortigate vm automated deployment license#

FortiGate-VMX is instance-based 1 instance requires 1 license regardless of the resources assigned to it. The licensing of FortiGate-VM relates to the number of vCPUs assigned to it.

Fortigate vm automated deployment manual#

No manual configuration of nodes is required.

The configuration of FortiGate-VMX instances is handled by the FortiGate-VMX Service Manager.

Once the FortiGate-VMX Service Manager is integrated into the SDDC, any time an ESXi host is added, a FortiGate-VMX instance will auto deploy and self-register with the FortiGate-VMX Service Manager.

By comparison, the FortiGate VMX is part of an automated deployment process that is part of the VMware virtual environment through the use of an API. FortiGate-VM on AWS deployment as NGFW and VPN Gateway AWS Integration Fortinet embeds the latest AWS Auto Scaling functionality and FortiGate CloudFormation template configuration into our cloud security fabric, providing automation based on resource demand from your cloud workloads. It has the same feature set of the hardware version of a FortiGate. A FortiGate VM is a virtual appliance deployed from an OVF file either manually by the VM administrator or as part of an orchestrated event.Both are required for it to function properly. By comparison, the FortiGate VMX is part of an automated deployment process that is part of the. FortiGate-VMX is a two component system encompassing a Service Manager and Security Nodes. A FortiGate VM is a virtual appliance deployed from an OVF file either manually by the VM administrator or as part of an orchestrated event.FortiGate-VMX is a platform-centric security solution, with VMware NSX API integration to provide complete visibility and inspection for East-West inter-VM traffic across security clusters. The FortiGate-VMX security service secures traffic between vNICs of each VM and the virtual ports of the vSwitch they are connected to. It has features like VPN termination and NAT. The FortiGate-VM is an edge security solution.While a FortiGate-VMX functions in the same way as a FortiGate VM, securing and filtering traffic that goes through it, there are some differences which include:

Just like the FortiGate hardware appliances and FortiGate-VM virtual appliances, FortiGate-VMX includes the following advanced functions and features:Р”Р‡ortiGate-VMX and FortiGate-VM - differences FortiGate-VMX supports FortiOS v5.4 and FortiOS 5.6.3 and later. In fact, they are based on the same FortiOS firmware.