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Hardware Acceleration

Change log

Change log

Date

Change description

July 31, 2023

Corrected the section CP9 capabilities because FortiOS 7.2.1 no longer includes CP9 support for SSL/TLS encryption and decryption.

January 4, 2023

Corrected information about NTurbo support and interface policies, see NTurbo offloads flow-based processing.

New section: Tunneling protocols that can be offloaded by NP7 processors.

Corrected the documented default values for many of the individual traffic types monitored by NP7 HPE, see NP7 HPE for individual traffic types.

November 8, 2022

Described support for creating LAGs between interfaces connected to different NP6 processors for FortiGates with multiple NP6 processors and no internal switch fabric. For more information, see Increasing NP6 offloading capacity using link aggregation groups (LAGs).

The following FortiGate models support this feature and the sections linked below have been updated with this information:

November 3, 2022

Removed the section "Viewing SSL acceleration status" because the get vpn status ssl hw-acceleration-status command has been removed. The command has been removed because FortiOS 7.2.1 uses OpenSSL 3.0.x, which doesn't support the CP9 functionality used by this command. Removed information about the FortiGate-1200D because this model is not supported by FortiOS 7.2.1.

September 27, 2022

New information about NP7 DoS policy offloading limitations added to DoS policy hardware acceleration.

September 6, 2022

Added a disclaimer to CP9 capabilities.

August 11, 2022

Changes to the following sections:

August 4, 2022

FortiOS 7.2.1 document release.

Change log

Date

Change description

July 31, 2023

Corrected the section CP9 capabilities because FortiOS 7.2.1 no longer includes CP9 support for SSL/TLS encryption and decryption.

January 4, 2023

Corrected information about NTurbo support and interface policies, see NTurbo offloads flow-based processing.

New section: Tunneling protocols that can be offloaded by NP7 processors.

Corrected the documented default values for many of the individual traffic types monitored by NP7 HPE, see NP7 HPE for individual traffic types.

November 8, 2022

Described support for creating LAGs between interfaces connected to different NP6 processors for FortiGates with multiple NP6 processors and no internal switch fabric. For more information, see Increasing NP6 offloading capacity using link aggregation groups (LAGs).

The following FortiGate models support this feature and the sections linked below have been updated with this information:

November 3, 2022

Removed the section "Viewing SSL acceleration status" because the get vpn status ssl hw-acceleration-status command has been removed. The command has been removed because FortiOS 7.2.1 uses OpenSSL 3.0.x, which doesn't support the CP9 functionality used by this command. Removed information about the FortiGate-1200D because this model is not supported by FortiOS 7.2.1.

September 27, 2022

New information about NP7 DoS policy offloading limitations added to DoS policy hardware acceleration.

September 6, 2022

Added a disclaimer to CP9 capabilities.

August 11, 2022

Changes to the following sections:

August 4, 2022

FortiOS 7.2.1 document release.