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Hardware Acceleration

policy-offload-level {disable | dos-offload}

policy-offload-level {disable | dos-offload}

Enable or disable DoS policy offloading for your FortiGate with NP7 processors. This option does not enable or disable NP7 offloading. You enable or disable NP7 offloading from firewall policies, see Disabling NP offloading for firewall policies.

disable is the default setting for FortiGates with NP7 processors. Offloading DoS policy sessions to NP7 processors is disabled. All sessions are initiated by the CPU. Sessions that can be offloaded are sent to NP7 processors.

dos-offload offload DoS policy sessions to NP7 processors. All other sessions are initiated by the CPU. Sessions that can be offloaded are sent to NP7 processors.

policy-offload-level {disable | dos-offload}

policy-offload-level {disable | dos-offload}

Enable or disable DoS policy offloading for your FortiGate with NP7 processors. This option does not enable or disable NP7 offloading. You enable or disable NP7 offloading from firewall policies, see Disabling NP offloading for firewall policies.

disable is the default setting for FortiGates with NP7 processors. Offloading DoS policy sessions to NP7 processors is disabled. All sessions are initiated by the CPU. Sessions that can be offloaded are sent to NP7 processors.

dos-offload offload DoS policy sessions to NP7 processors. All other sessions are initiated by the CPU. Sessions that can be offloaded are sent to NP7 processors.