Deployment package for VMware ESXi

Firmware images on the Customer Service & Support site include FortiManager-VM deployment packages. The following table lists the available VM deployment package:

VM platform	Deployment file
VMware ESXi	ESX/ESXi server: FMG_VM64-vX-buildxxxx-FORTINET.out.ovf.zip

For the latest information on virtualization software support, see the corresponding FortiManager Release Notes on the Fortinet Docs Library.

The .out.ovf.zip file contains:

File	Description
DATADRIVE.vmdk	FortiManager-VM log disk in VMDK format.
FMG.vmdk	FortiManager system hard disk in Virtual Machine Disk (VMDK) format.
FortiManager-VM64.hw14.ovf	OVF template file for VMware ESXi 6.7 and later versions.
FortiManager-VM64.hw14.vapp.ovf	OVF template file for VMware vSphere, vCenter, and vCloud (ESXi 6.7 and later).
FortiManager-VM64.ovf	OVF template based on Intel e1000 NIC driver.
FortiManager-VM64.vapp.ovf	OVF template file for VMware vSphere, vCenter, and vCloud (earlier than ESXi 6.7).

For more information about FortiManager, see the FortiManager datasheet.