Installing FortiIsolator VM for VMware vSphere
Use this procedure to install FortiIsolator VM for VMware vSphere.
Prerequisites
- Install VMware vSphere Client.
- Ensure that your system has one of the following combinations of hard disks and network adapters to support ESXI 6.0:
- Two SCSI hard disks and three VMXNET 3 network adapters (this is the default)
- One IDE hard disk and one SCSI hard disk and three E1000 network adapters
Steps
- Download the FortiIsolator firmware for VMware by following the instructions in Downloading FortiIsolator firmware.
- To create a new virtual machine, in vSphere Client, select File > Deploy OVF Template.
- Browse to the folder that contains the FortiIsolator files and select FortiIsolator.ovf.
- Verify the OVF template details.
- Review and accept the FortiIsolator End User License Agreement.
- Name the new FortiIsolator virtual machine.
- Select the datastore where you want to install the FortiIsolator VM.
- Select the disk provisioning format. For optimal performance, select a Thick Provision option.
- Configure the required network interfaces. Add four network interfaces for Network Mapping and configure them accordingly:
- Network 1: Internal Interface
- Network 2: External Interface
- Network 3: Management Interface
- Network 4: HA Interface
- Verify the template deployment options, and click Finish.
- Start the FortiIsolator VM.
- Log in to FortiIsolator. The default username is admin and there is no default password.