Fortinet FortiManager Virtual.
The same centralized management, deployed as software.
FortiManager VM brings the full feature set of the FortiManager hardware appliances to your virtualization
platform or public cloud of choice. Licensed in a stackable model starting at 10 devices/VDOMs and scaling
to 5,000+ per instance, it runs on VMware, Hyper-V, KVM, Xen, AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and Alibaba Cloud,
giving you flexible, software-defined centralized management wherever your infrastructure lives.
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Specifications
FortiManager Virtual at a Glance
Licensing
Stackable licenses from FMG-VM-Base (10 devices/VDOMs) up through
FMG-VM-5000-UG (5,000+ devices/VDOMs), so capacity grows with your environment.
Platform Support
Runs on VMware ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, open source Xen, KVM, Nutanix AHV, and major
public clouds including AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, and AliCloud.
Resource Requirements
Minimum 2 vCPU (unlimited max), 4 GB RAM minimum (unlimited for 64-bit), and 100 GB minimum storage (up
to 16 TB).
Best For
Organizations that want FortiManager's full feature set without dedicated hardware, or that need to
deploy management infrastructure directly in the cloud.
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FortiManager VM is a software-based version of the FortiManager hardware appliance,
offering the same centralized management, policy, and log analysis features on your choice of
hypervisor or cloud platform.
VMware ESX/ESXi, Microsoft Hyper-V, Citrix XenServer, open source Xen, KVM, and
Nutanix AHV, along with AWS, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud Infrastructure, and Alibaba
Cloud.
It uses a stackable license model starting with the FMG-VM-Base (10 devices/VDOMs)
and scaling through upgrade licenses up to 5,000+ devices/VDOMs per instance.
A minimum of 2 vCPUs, 4 GB of RAM, and 100 GB of storage, though these scale up
depending on your license tier and device count.
Yes, FortiManager VM supports HA just like the hardware appliances.
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appliance for your device count and log retention needs.
