FortiADC VM04 is licensed for up to 4 vCPUs and steps up VDOM capacity to 25 and L4 throughput to 4 Gbps,
making it a solid fit for mid-size production load-balancing environments, multi-tenant VDOM deployments,
and busier public-cloud application clusters. It sits in the middle of Fortinet's virtual ADC lineup,
balancing licensing cost against meaningfully more headroom than VM01/VM02. Deploy it on VMware ESXi,
Hyper-V, KVM, Xen, Nutanix, or Proxmox, or launch from the AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, IBM
Cloud, or Alibaba Cloud marketplace.
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Specifications
VM04 at a Glance
Virtual Hardware Requirements
Licensed vCPUs: up to 4 Memory: No fixed cap per Fortinet's
FortiADC-VM datasheet — size RAM to your hypervisor and expected load-balancing
workload Storage: No fixed cap — sized to your
deployment Network Interfaces: up to 10 virtual NICs
Load Balancing Performance
L4 Throughput: up to 4 Gbps Virtual Domains (VDOMs): up to
25 Management: HTTPS, SSH CLI, Direct Console, SNMP Performance values are "up to" and vary with underlying hardware and hypervisor configuration, per Fortinet's published datasheet.
Supported Platforms
Hypervisors: VMware ESX/ESXi, Citrix XenServer, open-source Xen, Microsoft Hyper-V,
KVM, Nutanix, Proxmox Public Clouds: AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle
Cloud, IBM Cloud, Alibaba Cloud
Deployment & Licensing
License: FortiADC-VM04 (SKU FAD-VM04), Standard or Advanced subscription bundle with
24x7 FortiCare support included Feature Parity: Full FortiADC L4-L7 load-balancing
and WAF feature set, subject to subscribed license bundle Also Available: FortiFlex
and pay-as-you-go cloud marketplace licensing
Not Sure Which FortiADC VM Fits Your Workload?
The FortiADC VM lineup scales licensed vCPUs, VDOM capacity, and L4 throughput from single-core dev/test
instances up to multi-core production load balancers. Compare every FortiADC VM edition side by side to
find the right fit for your virtual or cloud environment.
FortiADC VM04 is licensed for up to 4 vCPU cores. Fortinet doesn't publish a fixed
RAM cap for FortiADC-VM — memory support is unlimited, so you size RAM to your hypervisor, VDOM count,
and expected load-balancing throughput; budget more memory here than on VM01/VM02 if you're running
multiple virtual services or heavier SSL offload.
VMware ESX/ESXi, Citrix XenServer, open-source Xen, Microsoft Hyper-V, KVM, Nutanix,
and Proxmox on-premises, plus direct marketplace deployment on AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud,
Oracle Cloud, IBM Cloud, and Alibaba Cloud.
VM08 doubles licensed vCPUs to 8, raises L4 throughput from 4 Gbps to 10 Gbps, and
nearly doubles maximum VDOM capacity from 25 to 45 — move up to VM08 for larger multi-tenant or
higher-throughput production deployments.
FortiADC-VM04 (SKU FAD-VM04) is licensed per vCPU tier. It's available as an annual
subscription with a Standard or Advanced feature bundle (both include 24x7 FortiCare support), and
also through FortiFlex or pay-as-you-go terms on supported cloud marketplaces.
Yes — FortiADC-VM runs the same software as physical FortiADC appliances, so L4-L7
load balancing, SSL offload, GSLB, and Web Application Firewall capabilities are available. The vCPU
tier governs throughput and capacity, not core feature availability, though specific security services
depend on your subscribed license bundle.
Ready to Deploy FortiADC VM04?
Talk to a Fortinet-licensed engineer about sizing, hypervisor or cloud-marketplace deployment, and
licensing bundle options for your FortiADC VM04 project.
