Instance type support
FortiGate supports the following instance types on Azure.
Supported instances on the Azure marketplace listing may change without notice and may vary between bring your own license (BYOL) and pay as you go. Instance types of the A- and D-series do not appear as deployable instances at the time you install the FortiGate virtual machine (VM) on the marketplace launcher.
For up-to-date information on each instance type, see the following links:
- Sizes for virtual machines in Azure
- Compute optimized virtual machine sizes
- General purpose virtual machine sizes
FortiOS supports hot-adding vCPU and RAM. However, Azure may not support this. See Change the size of a virtual machine.
Compute-optimized instance types
The following table provides information on compute-optimized instance types:
Instance type |
vCPU |
Max NIC |
Recommended BYOL license |
---|---|---|---|
F-series | |||
Standard_F2 | 2 | 2 | FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_F4 | 4 | 4 | FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_F8 | 8 | 8 | FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_F16 | 16 | 8 | FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Fs-series | |||
Standard_F2s | 2 | 2 | FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_F4s | 4 | 4 | FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_F8s | 8 | 8 | FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_F16s | 16 | 8 | FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Fsv2-series | |||
Standard_F2s_v2 | 2 | 2 | FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_F4s_v2 | 4 | 2 | FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_F8s_v2 | 8 | 4 | FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_F16s_v2 | 16 | 4 | FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Standard_F32s_v2 | 32 | 8 | FG-VM32 or FG-VM32v |
General purpose instance types
The following table provides information on general purpose instance types:
DSv2 and Dsv3-series
Instance type |
vCPU |
Max NIC |
Recommended BYOL license |
---|---|---|---|
DSv2-series | |||
Standard_DS1_v2 | 1 | 2 | FG-VM01 or FG-VM01v |
Standard_DS2_v2 | 2 | 2 | FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_DS3_v2 | 4 | 4 | FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_DS4_v2 | 8 | 8 | FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_DS5_v2 | 16 | 8 | FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Dsv3-series | |||
Standard_D2s_v3 | 2 | 2 | FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_D4s_v3 | 4 | 2 | FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_D8s_v3 | 8 | 4 | FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_D16s_v3 | 16 | 8 | FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Standard_D32s_v3 |
32 |
8 |
FG-VM32 or FG-VM32v |
DV4 and DsV4-series
The DV4 and DsV4-series contain support for Intel Xeon (Ice Lake [2020] and Cascade Lake [2018]) for general purpose workloads. The DsV4 series has the option for premium storage. FortiOS 7.2.8 and later versions support this series:
Instance type |
vCPU |
Max NIC |
Recommended BYOL license |
---|---|---|---|
DV4 series |
|||
Standard_D2_v4 |
2 |
2 |
FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_D4_v4 |
4 |
2 |
FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_D8_v4 |
8 |
4 |
FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_D16_v4 |
16 |
8 |
FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Standard_D32_v4 |
32 |
8 |
FG-VM32 or FG-VM32v |
DsV4 series |
|||
Standard_D2s_v4 |
2 |
2 |
FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_D4s_v4 |
4 |
2 |
FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_D8s_v4 |
8 |
4 |
FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_D16s_v4 |
16 |
8 |
FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Standard_D32s_v4 |
32 |
8 |
FG-VM32 or FG-VM32v |
Dav4 and Dasv4-series
The Dav4 and Dasv4-series contain support for second generation AMD EPYC 7452 (Rome 2019) for production/multithreaded workloads. The DaSV4 series has the option for premium storage. FortiOS 7.2.8 and later versions support this series:
Instance type |
vCPU |
Max NIC |
Recommended BYOL license |
---|---|---|---|
DaV4 series |
|||
Standard_D2a_v4 |
2 |
2 |
FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_D4a_v4 |
4 |
2 |
FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_D8a_v4 |
8 |
4 |
FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_D16a_v4 |
16 |
8 |
FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Standard_D32a_v4 |
32 |
8 |
FG-VM32 or FG-VM32v |
DasV4 series |
|||
Standard_D2as_v4 |
2 |
2 |
FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_D4as_v4 |
4 |
2 |
FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_D8as_v4 |
8 |
4 |
FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_D16as_v4 |
16 |
8 |
FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Standard_D32as_v4 |
32 |
8 |
FG-VM32 or FG-VM32v |
Dv5 and Dsv5-series
The Dv5 and Dsv5-series contain support exclusively for Intel Xeon (Ice Lake [2020]) for general purpose workloads. A premium storage tier is available on Dsv5. FortiOS 7.2.8 and later versions support this series:
Instance type |
vCPU |
Max NIC |
Recommended BYOL license |
---|---|---|---|
DV5 series |
|||
Standard_D2_v5 |
2 |
2 |
FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_D4_v5 |
4 |
2 |
FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_D8_v5 |
8 |
4 |
FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_D16_v5 |
16 |
8 |
FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Standard_D32_v5 |
32 |
8 |
FG-VM32 or FG-VM32v |
DsV5 series |
|||
Standard_D2s_v5 |
2 |
2 |
FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_D4s_v5 |
4 |
2 |
FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_D8s_v5 |
8 |
4 |
FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_D16s_v5 |
16 |
8 |
FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Standard_D32s_v5 |
32 |
8 |
FG-VM32 or FG-VM32v |
Dasv5 and Dadsv5-series
The Dasv5 and Dadsv5-series contain support for third generation AMD EPYC 7763v (Milan 2021) for production/multithreaded workloads. FortiOS 7.2.8 and later versions support this series:
Instance type |
vCPU |
Max NIC |
Recommended BYOL license |
---|---|---|---|
DasV5 series |
|||
Standard_D2as_v5 |
2 |
2 |
FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_D4as_v5 |
4 |
2 |
FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_D8as_v5 |
8 |
4 |
FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_D16as_v5 |
16 |
8 |
FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Standard_D32as_v5 |
32 |
8 |
FG-VM32 or FG-VM32v |
DadsV5 series |
|||
Standard_D2ads_v5 |
2 |
2 |
FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_D4ads_v5 |
4 |
2 |
FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_D8ads_v5 |
8 |
4 |
FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_D16ads_v5 |
16 |
8 |
FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Standard_D32ads_v5 |
32 |
8 |
FG-VM32 or FG-VM32v |
ARM Ampere Altra
This series contains support for Ampere Altra ARM-based processor delivering a high price-to-performance ratio for general purpose workloads.
Dpsv5 and Dpdsv5-series
Instance type |
vCPU |
Max NIC |
Recommended BYOL license |
---|---|---|---|
Dpsv5 series |
|||
Standard_D2ps_v5 |
2 |
2 |
FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_D4ps_v5 |
4 |
2 |
FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_D8ps_v5 |
8 |
4 |
FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_D16ps_v5 |
16 |
4 |
FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Standard_D32ps_v5 |
32 |
8 |
FG-VM32 or FG-VM32v |
Dpdsv5 series |
|||
Standard_D2pds_v5 |
2 |
2 |
FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_D4pds_v5 |
4 |
2 |
FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_D8pds_v5 |
8 |
4 |
FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_D16pds_v5 |
16 |
4 |
FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Standard_D32pds_v5 |
32 |
8 |
FG-VM32 or FG-VM32v |
Dplsv5 and Dpldsv5-series
Instance type |
vCPU |
Max NIC |
Recommended BYOL license |
---|---|---|---|
Dplsv5 series |
|||
Standard_D2pls_v5 |
2 |
2 |
FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_D4pls_v5 |
4 |
2 |
FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_D8pls_v5 |
8 |
4 |
FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_D16pls_v5 |
16 |
4 |
FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Standard_D32pls_v5 |
32 |
8 |
FG-VM32 or FG-VM32v |
Dpldsv5 series |
|||
Standard_D2plds_v5 |
2 |
2 |
FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_D4plds_v5 |
4 |
2 |
FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_D8plds_v5 |
8 |
4 |
FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_D16plds_v5 |
16 |
4 |
FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Standard_D32plds_v5 |
32 |
8 |
FG-VM32 or FG-VM32v |
Epsv5 and Epdsv5-series
Instance type |
vCPU |
Max NIC |
Recommended BYOL license |
---|---|---|---|
Epsv5 series |
|||
Standard_E2ps_v5 |
2 |
2 |
FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_E4ps_v5 |
4 |
2 |
FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_E8ps_v5 |
8 |
4 |
FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_E16ps_v5 |
16 |
4 |
FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Standard_E32ps_v5 |
32 |
8 |
FG-VM32 or FG-VM32v |
Epdsv5 series |
|||
Standard_E2pds_v5 |
2 |
2 |
FG-VM02 or FG-VM02v |
Standard_E4pds_v5 |
4 |
2 |
FG-VM04 or FG-VM04v |
Standard_E8pds_v5 |
8 |
4 |
FG-VM08 or FG-VM08v |
Standard_E16pds_v5 |
16 |
4 |
FG-VM16 or FG-VM16v |
Standard_E32pds_v5 |
32 |
8 |
FG-VM32 or FG-VM32v |