The alternative is having Fortimanager to do so. VM Licence Available for FortiGate - FortiManager - FortiAuthenticator FortiProxy. HA requires both units should be the same license. 3) Upload the full license into FGVM3 and FGVM2. Internet access: Fortigate VM has to have Internet access to activate the license. 1) Download the full license of the old unit from asset portal. See the reference at the bottom for details. They also have a NFR program with pretty good discounts on hardware and virtual. The rest of limitations: additional limitations (CPU/Memory/etc.) that were present in 15 days license, are still enforced as well. Partners get the vm free for 30 days (I think). Or you can buy hw, support and different features separately, but they are still 1/3/5 years. There are bundles that include for example the actual hardware + 24x7 support + UTM features.

One license per one FortiCloud account: this means that to have multiple evaluation licenses for multiple Fortigates, we need to create multiple FortiCloud accounts, nuisance but doable. Fortinet licenses / supports are for 1/3/5 years, not forever. And on top of it, it also counts Loopback interfaces as well. Palo Alto Networks NFR unit bundle subscription (Threat pre (PAN-VM-100-BND-NFR4-R) Starting at 533.96+GST 614.05 Overview. This counts also interfaces that are in state disabled/ down.

Number of interfaces: maximum 3, was unlimited. Currently (FortiOS 7.2.1), though, there is no actual enforcement of this limit - I configured BGP and few static routes, 6 all in all, and it worked without any issue. This means severe limiting of dynamic protocols labs like OSPF/BGP. Number of routes: the limit is also 3, while was unlimited before. Security Rules: the limit is 3, instead of 5.

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