HA virtual clusters and VDOM links
HA virtual clusters and VDOM links FortiGate HA is implemented by configuring two or more FortiGate units to operate as an HA cluster. To the network, the HA cluster appears to function as a single...
View ArticleTroubleshooting Virtual Domains
Troubleshooting Virtual Domains When you are configuring VDOMs you may run into some issues, with your VDOM configuration, your network configuration, or your device setup. This section addresses...
View ArticleChapter 28 – VM Installation
Chapter 28 – VM Installation This document describes how to deploy a FortiGate virtual appliance in several virtualization server environments. This includes how to configure the virtual hardware...
View ArticleDeployment example – VMware
Deployment example – VMware Once you have downloaded the FGT_VMxx-v5-build0xxx-FORTINET.out.ovf.zip file from http://support.fortinet.com and extracted the package contents to a folder on your local...
View ArticleDeployment example – MS Hyper-V
Deployment example – MS Hyper-V Once you have downloaded the FGT_VMxx_HV-v5-build0xxx-FORTINET.out.hyperv.zip file and extracted the package contents to a folder on your Microsoft server, you can...
View ArticleDeployment example – KVM
Deployment example – KVM Once you have downloaded the FORTINET.out.kvm.zip file and extracted virtual hard drive image file fortios.qcow2, you can create the virtual machine in your KVM environment....
View ArticleDeployment example – OpenXen
Deployment example – OpenXen Once you have downloaded the FORTINET.out.OpenXen.zip file and extracted virtual hard drive image file fortios.qcow2, you can create the virtual machine in your OpenXen...
View ArticleDeployment example – Citrix XenServer
Deployment example – Citrix XenServer Once you have downloaded the FORTINET.out.CitrixXen.zip file and extracted the files, you can create the virtual machine in your Citrix Xen environment. The...
View ArticleUsing Device Definitions To Make FortiGate Policy More Granular
One of the things that I see a lot of people doing is leaving their policies super vague. This is all fun and games in a home environment where you don’t have any critical data but if you are running...
View ArticleBasic Zone Deployment
Use zones and save your sanity! This video goes into some basic zone deployment to help consolidate policy and reduce the number of interface pairs on your policy page.
View ArticleFortiGate VM Initial Configuration
FortiGate VM Initial Configuration Before you can connect to the FortiGate VM web-based manager you must configure a network interface in the FortiGate VM console. Once an interface with administrative...
View ArticleChapter 29 – VoIP Solutions: SIP
Chapter 29 – VoIP Solutions: SIP This FortiOS Handbook chapter contains the following sections: FortiGate VoIP solutions–SIP describes FortiGate SIP support. FortiGate VoIP solutions–SIP The Session...
View ArticleCommon SIP VoIP configurations
Common SIP VoIP configurations This section describes some common SIP VoIP configurations and simplified SIP dialogs for these configurations. This section also shows some examples of how adding a...
View ArticleSIP with a FortiGate unit
SIP with a FortiGate unit Depending on your security requirements and network configuration FortiGate units may be in many different places in a SIP configuration. This section shows a few examples....
View ArticleSIP messages and media protocols
SIP messages and media protocols This section provides an overview of SIP messages and how they communicate information about SIP sessions and how SDP, RTP, and RTCP fits in with SIP communications....
View ArticleSIP request messages
SIP request messages SIP sessions always start with a SIP request message (also just called a SIP request). SIP request messages also establish, maintain, and terminate SIP communication sessions. The...
View ArticleSIP response messages
SIP response messages SIP response messages (often just called SIP responses) provide status information in response to SIP request messages. All SIP response messages include a response code and a...
View ArticleThe SIP message body and SDP session profiles
The SIP message body and SDP session profiles The SIP message body describes the session to be initiated. For example, in a SIP phone call the body usually includes audio codec types, sampling rates,...
View ArticleExample SIP messages
Example SIP messages The following example SIP INVITE request message was sent by PhoneA to PhoneB. The first nine lines are the SIP headers. The SDP profile starts with v=0 and the media part of the...
View ArticleThe SIP session helper
The SIP session helper The SIP session-helper is a high-performance solution that provides basic support for SIP calls passing through the FortiGate unit by opening SIP and RTP pinholes and by...
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