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FortiGate-6000 Release Notes

IPsec VPN features that are not supported

IPsec VPN features that are not supported

FortiOS 5.6 for FortiGate-6000 and FortiGate-7000 does not support the following IPsec VPN features:

  • Policy-based IPsec VPN is not supported. Only tunnel or interface mode IPsec VPN is supported.
  • Policy routes cannot be used for communication over IPsec VPN tunnels.
  • Remote networks with 0- to 15-bit netmasks are not supported. Remote networks with 16- to 32-bit netmasks are supported.
  • IPv6 clear-text traffic (IPv6 over IPv4 or IPv6 over IPv6) is not supported.
  • Load-balancing IPsec VPN tunnels to multiple FPCs or FPMs.
  • IPsec SA synchronization between HA peers is not supported. After an HA failover, IPsec VPN tunnels have to be re-initialized.
  • Dynamic routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP) over IPsec VPN tunnels is supported.
  • The FortiGate-7000 does not support load-balancing IPsec VPN tunnels to multiple FPMs. All IPsec VPN tunnels are terminated on the primary FPM and traffic between IPsec VPN tunnels is supported.

IPsec VPN features that are not supported

IPsec VPN features that are not supported

FortiOS 5.6 for FortiGate-6000 and FortiGate-7000 does not support the following IPsec VPN features:

  • Policy-based IPsec VPN is not supported. Only tunnel or interface mode IPsec VPN is supported.
  • Policy routes cannot be used for communication over IPsec VPN tunnels.
  • Remote networks with 0- to 15-bit netmasks are not supported. Remote networks with 16- to 32-bit netmasks are supported.
  • IPv6 clear-text traffic (IPv6 over IPv4 or IPv6 over IPv6) is not supported.
  • Load-balancing IPsec VPN tunnels to multiple FPCs or FPMs.
  • IPsec SA synchronization between HA peers is not supported. After an HA failover, IPsec VPN tunnels have to be re-initialized.
  • Dynamic routing (RIP, OSPF, BGP) over IPsec VPN tunnels is supported.
  • The FortiGate-7000 does not support load-balancing IPsec VPN tunnels to multiple FPMs. All IPsec VPN tunnels are terminated on the primary FPM and traffic between IPsec VPN tunnels is supported.