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FortiGate-7000F Handbook

Change log

Change log

Date Change description

February 28, 2023

FortiOS 6.2.13 document release.

January 17, 2023

Corrected a statement about FortiGate-7000F support for IPv6 clear text over IPv4 or IPv6 IPsec tunnels in FortiOS features not supported by FortiGate-7000F v6.2.12.

December 19, 2022

FortiOS 6.2.12 document release.

November 16, 2022

Added more information to describe why in a virtual clustering configuration, using HA reserved management interfaces to manage individual cluster units is not supported, see Limitations of FortiGate-7000F virtual clustering.

Corrected the information in SSL mirroring support.

July 25, 2022

FortiOS 6.2.10 document release. FortiGate-7000F for FortiOS 6.2.11 is a bug fix release. See the FortiGate-7000 for FortiOS 6.2.11 Release Notes for details about the content of this release. Corrected the description of the priority option in config load-balance flow-rule.

May 5, 2022

Changes to the following sections to correct the descriptions of some FGSP limitations and to correct and improve the information about how to create a LAG for FGSP session synchronization:

April 14, 2022

FortiOS 6.2.10 document release. FortiGate-7000F for FortiOS 6.2.10 is a bug fix release. See the FortiGate-7000 for FortiOS 6.2.10 Release Notes for details about the content of this release.

March 28, 2022

New section Changing the FIM-7921F 1 to 8, M1, and M2 interfaces.

March 8, 2022

New section: Maximum number of flow rules limited by hardware.

December 9, 2021

Misc. changes throughout the document.

November 30, 2021

FortiOS 6.2.9 document release. FortiGate-7000F for FortiOS 6.2.9 is a bug fix release. See the FortiGate-7000 for FortiOS 6.2.9 Release Notes for details about the content of this release.

July 27, 2021

Updated and corrected FortiGate-7000F IPsec VPN. New section: Example FortiGate-7000F IPsec VPN VRF configuration.

July 20, 2021

FortiOS 6.2.7 document release. For information about new features, see What's new for FortiGate-7000F 6.2.7.

June 22, 2021

Added information about support for load balancing sessions without syn packets to FortiOS features not supported by FortiGate-7000F v6.2.6.

June 11, 2021

Corrected the CLI syntax in the section VXLAN support.

June 10, 2021

Changes to:

May 31, 2021

Corrected the following procedures:

May 12, 2021

Added information about how both FortiGate-7000Fs in a cluster must have the same log disk and RAID configuration. See Before you begin configuring HA and Basic FortiGate-7000F HA configuration.

New section: Changing the FortiGate-7000F log disk and RAID configuration.

April 14, 2021

Removed information about the FPM-7620F console port, which is not supported.

Fixed a compile error that was displaying the product name incorrectly as FortiGate-7000E instead of FortiGate-7000F in some cases.

April 6, 2021

Fixed some errors in FortiGate-7000F IPsec VPN.

Correction to Primary FortiGate-7000F selection with override disabled (default). Improvements and corrections to the HA heartbeat and session synchronization diagrams, for example: Using M3 interfaces for HA heartbeat and M1 interfaces for session synchronization.

March 31, 2021 FortiOS 6.2.6 document release.

Change log

Change log

Date Change description

February 28, 2023

FortiOS 6.2.13 document release.

January 17, 2023

Corrected a statement about FortiGate-7000F support for IPv6 clear text over IPv4 or IPv6 IPsec tunnels in FortiOS features not supported by FortiGate-7000F v6.2.12.

December 19, 2022

FortiOS 6.2.12 document release.

November 16, 2022

Added more information to describe why in a virtual clustering configuration, using HA reserved management interfaces to manage individual cluster units is not supported, see Limitations of FortiGate-7000F virtual clustering.

Corrected the information in SSL mirroring support.

July 25, 2022

FortiOS 6.2.10 document release. FortiGate-7000F for FortiOS 6.2.11 is a bug fix release. See the FortiGate-7000 for FortiOS 6.2.11 Release Notes for details about the content of this release. Corrected the description of the priority option in config load-balance flow-rule.

May 5, 2022

Changes to the following sections to correct the descriptions of some FGSP limitations and to correct and improve the information about how to create a LAG for FGSP session synchronization:

April 14, 2022

FortiOS 6.2.10 document release. FortiGate-7000F for FortiOS 6.2.10 is a bug fix release. See the FortiGate-7000 for FortiOS 6.2.10 Release Notes for details about the content of this release.

March 28, 2022

New section Changing the FIM-7921F 1 to 8, M1, and M2 interfaces.

March 8, 2022

New section: Maximum number of flow rules limited by hardware.

December 9, 2021

Misc. changes throughout the document.

November 30, 2021

FortiOS 6.2.9 document release. FortiGate-7000F for FortiOS 6.2.9 is a bug fix release. See the FortiGate-7000 for FortiOS 6.2.9 Release Notes for details about the content of this release.

July 27, 2021

Updated and corrected FortiGate-7000F IPsec VPN. New section: Example FortiGate-7000F IPsec VPN VRF configuration.

July 20, 2021

FortiOS 6.2.7 document release. For information about new features, see What's new for FortiGate-7000F 6.2.7.

June 22, 2021

Added information about support for load balancing sessions without syn packets to FortiOS features not supported by FortiGate-7000F v6.2.6.

June 11, 2021

Corrected the CLI syntax in the section VXLAN support.

June 10, 2021

Changes to:

May 31, 2021

Corrected the following procedures:

May 12, 2021

Added information about how both FortiGate-7000Fs in a cluster must have the same log disk and RAID configuration. See Before you begin configuring HA and Basic FortiGate-7000F HA configuration.

New section: Changing the FortiGate-7000F log disk and RAID configuration.

April 14, 2021

Removed information about the FPM-7620F console port, which is not supported.

Fixed a compile error that was displaying the product name incorrectly as FortiGate-7000E instead of FortiGate-7000F in some cases.

April 6, 2021

Fixed some errors in FortiGate-7000F IPsec VPN.

Correction to Primary FortiGate-7000F selection with override disabled (default). Improvements and corrections to the HA heartbeat and session synchronization diagrams, for example: Using M3 interfaces for HA heartbeat and M1 interfaces for session synchronization.

March 31, 2021 FortiOS 6.2.6 document release.