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FortiGate-7000F Handbook

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Change log

Date Change description

August 9, 2023

New section: FortiGate-7000F and FortiOS Carrier. Removed incorrect information about FortiOS Carrier licensing.

June 15, 2023

FortiOS 6.2.15 document release.

February 28, 2023

FortiOS 6.2.13 document release.

January 17, 2023

Corrected a statement about FortiGate-7000F support for IPv6 clear text over IPv4 or IPv6 IPsec tunnels in FortiOS features not supported by FortiGate-7000F v6.2.12.

December 19, 2022

FortiOS 6.2.12 document release.

November 16, 2022

Added more information to describe why in a virtual clustering configuration, using HA reserved management interfaces to manage individual cluster units is not supported, see Limitations of FortiGate-7000F virtual clustering.

Corrected the information in SSL mirroring support.

July 25, 2022

FortiOS 6.2.10 document release. FortiGate-7000F for FortiOS 6.2.11 is a bug fix release. See the FortiGate-7000 for FortiOS 6.2.11 Release Notes for details about the content of this release. Corrected the description of the priority option in config load-balance flow-rule.

May 5, 2022

Changes to the following sections to correct the descriptions of some FGSP limitations and to correct and improve the information about how to create a LAG for FGSP session synchronization:

April 14, 2022

FortiOS 6.2.10 document release. FortiGate-7000F for FortiOS 6.2.10 is a bug fix release. See the FortiGate-7000 for FortiOS 6.2.10 Release Notes for details about the content of this release.

March 28, 2022

New section Changing the FIM-7921F 19 and 20 interfaces.

March 8, 2022

New section: Maximum number of flow rules limited by hardware.

December 9, 2021

Misc. changes throughout the document.

November 30, 2021

FortiOS 6.2.9 document release. FortiGate-7000F for FortiOS 6.2.9 is a bug fix release. See the FortiGate-7000 for FortiOS 6.2.9 Release Notes for details about the content of this release.

July 27, 2021

Updated and corrected FortiGate-7000F IPsec VPN. New section: Example FortiGate-7000F IPsec VPN VRF configuration.

July 20, 2021

FortiOS 6.2.7 document release. For information about new features, see What's new for FortiGate-7000F 6.2.7.

June 22, 2021

Added information about support for load balancing sessions without syn packets to FortiOS features not supported by FortiGate-7000F v6.2.6.

June 11, 2021

Corrected the CLI syntax in the section VXLAN support.

June 10, 2021

Changes to:

May 31, 2021

Corrected the following procedures:

May 12, 2021

Added information about how both FortiGate-7000Fs in a cluster must have the same log disk and RAID configuration. See Before you begin configuring HA and Basic FortiGate-7000F HA configuration.

New section: Changing the FortiGate-7000F log disk and RAID configuration.

April 14, 2021

Removed information about the FPM-7620F console port, which is not supported.

Fixed a compile error that was displaying the product name incorrectly as FortiGate-7000E instead of FortiGate-7000F in some cases.

April 6, 2021

Fixed some errors in FortiGate-7000F IPsec VPN.

Correction to Primary FortiGate-7000F selection with override disabled (default). Improvements and corrections to the HA heartbeat and session synchronization diagrams, for example: Using M3 interfaces for HA heartbeat and M1 interfaces for session synchronization.

March 31, 2021 FortiOS 6.2.6 document release.

Change log

Date Change description

August 9, 2023

New section: FortiGate-7000F and FortiOS Carrier. Removed incorrect information about FortiOS Carrier licensing.

June 15, 2023

FortiOS 6.2.15 document release.

February 28, 2023

FortiOS 6.2.13 document release.

January 17, 2023

Corrected a statement about FortiGate-7000F support for IPv6 clear text over IPv4 or IPv6 IPsec tunnels in FortiOS features not supported by FortiGate-7000F v6.2.12.

December 19, 2022

FortiOS 6.2.12 document release.

November 16, 2022

Added more information to describe why in a virtual clustering configuration, using HA reserved management interfaces to manage individual cluster units is not supported, see Limitations of FortiGate-7000F virtual clustering.

Corrected the information in SSL mirroring support.

July 25, 2022

FortiOS 6.2.10 document release. FortiGate-7000F for FortiOS 6.2.11 is a bug fix release. See the FortiGate-7000 for FortiOS 6.2.11 Release Notes for details about the content of this release. Corrected the description of the priority option in config load-balance flow-rule.

May 5, 2022

Changes to the following sections to correct the descriptions of some FGSP limitations and to correct and improve the information about how to create a LAG for FGSP session synchronization:

April 14, 2022

FortiOS 6.2.10 document release. FortiGate-7000F for FortiOS 6.2.10 is a bug fix release. See the FortiGate-7000 for FortiOS 6.2.10 Release Notes for details about the content of this release.

March 28, 2022

New section Changing the FIM-7921F 19 and 20 interfaces.

March 8, 2022

New section: Maximum number of flow rules limited by hardware.

December 9, 2021

Misc. changes throughout the document.

November 30, 2021

FortiOS 6.2.9 document release. FortiGate-7000F for FortiOS 6.2.9 is a bug fix release. See the FortiGate-7000 for FortiOS 6.2.9 Release Notes for details about the content of this release.

July 27, 2021

Updated and corrected FortiGate-7000F IPsec VPN. New section: Example FortiGate-7000F IPsec VPN VRF configuration.

July 20, 2021

FortiOS 6.2.7 document release. For information about new features, see What's new for FortiGate-7000F 6.2.7.

June 22, 2021

Added information about support for load balancing sessions without syn packets to FortiOS features not supported by FortiGate-7000F v6.2.6.

June 11, 2021

Corrected the CLI syntax in the section VXLAN support.

June 10, 2021

Changes to:

May 31, 2021

Corrected the following procedures:

May 12, 2021

Added information about how both FortiGate-7000Fs in a cluster must have the same log disk and RAID configuration. See Before you begin configuring HA and Basic FortiGate-7000F HA configuration.

New section: Changing the FortiGate-7000F log disk and RAID configuration.

April 14, 2021

Removed information about the FPM-7620F console port, which is not supported.

Fixed a compile error that was displaying the product name incorrectly as FortiGate-7000E instead of FortiGate-7000F in some cases.

April 6, 2021

Fixed some errors in FortiGate-7000F IPsec VPN.

Correction to Primary FortiGate-7000F selection with override disabled (default). Improvements and corrections to the HA heartbeat and session synchronization diagrams, for example: Using M3 interfaces for HA heartbeat and M1 interfaces for session synchronization.

March 31, 2021 FortiOS 6.2.6 document release.