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Hyperscale Firewall Guide

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Change log

Date

Change description

April 12, 2024

New section Configuring NP7 processors describes all of the options of the config system npu command available on FortiGates licensed for Hyperscale firewall.

March 20, 2024

Changes to Configuring how the internal switch fabric distributes sessions to NP7 processors. New section Carrier-Grade NAT Architecture Guide. Per-session hardware logging is not compatible with session-count DoS anomalies, see Hyperscale firewall 7.4.3 incompatibilities and limitations for more information.

March 12, 2024

New section: Removing the hyperscale firewall license.

February 8, 2024 FortiOS 7.4.3 document release.

January 5, 2024

Improvements to the information in the following sections to add more details and make the available information more accessible:

December 20, 2023 FortiOS 7.4.2 document release.
August 31,2023 FortiOS 7.4.1 document release.

August 21, 2023

New section: Hyperscale and standard FortiOS CGNAT feature comparison .

June 28, 2023

Added information about hardware logging sending multiple session start log messages if log-processor is set to hardware and log-mode is set to per-session to Hyperscale firewall 7.4.3 incompatibilities and limitations.

May 11,2023 FortiOS 7.4.0 document release.

Change log

Date

Change description

April 12, 2024

New section Configuring NP7 processors describes all of the options of the config system npu command available on FortiGates licensed for Hyperscale firewall.

March 20, 2024

Changes to Configuring how the internal switch fabric distributes sessions to NP7 processors. New section Carrier-Grade NAT Architecture Guide. Per-session hardware logging is not compatible with session-count DoS anomalies, see Hyperscale firewall 7.4.3 incompatibilities and limitations for more information.

March 12, 2024

New section: Removing the hyperscale firewall license.

February 8, 2024 FortiOS 7.4.3 document release.

January 5, 2024

Improvements to the information in the following sections to add more details and make the available information more accessible:

December 20, 2023 FortiOS 7.4.2 document release.
August 31,2023 FortiOS 7.4.1 document release.

August 21, 2023

New section: Hyperscale and standard FortiOS CGNAT feature comparison .

June 28, 2023

Added information about hardware logging sending multiple session start log messages if log-processor is set to hardware and log-mode is set to per-session to Hyperscale firewall 7.4.3 incompatibilities and limitations.

May 11,2023 FortiOS 7.4.0 document release.