FortiGate VM firmware

Fortinet provides FortiGate VM firmware images for the following virtual environments:

Citrix XenServer and Open Source XenServer

• .out: Download the 64-bit firmware image to upgrade your existing FortiGate VM installation.
• .out.OpenXen.zip: Download the 64-bit package for a new FortiGate VM installation. This package contains the QCOW2 file for Open Source XenServer.
• .out.CitrixXen.zip: Download the 64-bit package for a new FortiGate VM installation. This package contains the Citrix XenServer Virtual Appliance (XVA), Virtual Hard Disk (VHD), and OVF files.

Linux KVM

• .out: Download the 64-bit firmware image to upgrade your existing FortiGate VM installation.
• .out.kvm.zip: Download the 64-bit package for a new FortiGate VM installation. This package contains QCOW2 that can be used by qemu.

Microsoft Hyper-V

• .out: Download the 64-bit firmware image to upgrade your existing FortiGate VM installation.
• .out.hyperv.zip: Download the 64-bit package for a new FortiGate VM installation. This package contains three folders that can be imported by Hyper-V Manager on Hyper-V 2012. It also contains the file vhd in the Virtual Hard Disks folder that can be manually added to the Hyper-V Manager.

VMware ESX and ESXi

• .out: Download either the 64-bit firmware image to upgrade your existing FortiGate VM installation.
• .ovf.zip: Download either the 64-bit package for a new FortiGate VM installation. This package contains Open Virtualization Format (OVF) files for VMware and two Virtual Machine Disk Format (VMDK) files used by the OVF file during deployment.

Firmware image checksums

The MD5 checksums for all Fortinet software and firmware releases are available at the Customer Service & Support portal, https://support.fortinet.com. After logging in select Download > Firmware Image Checksums, enter the image file name including the extension, and select Get Checksum Code.

 

Product Integration and Support

FortiOS 5.6.6 support

The following table lists 5.6.6 product integration and support information:

Web Browsers	l Microsoft Edge 38 l Mozilla Firefox version 54 l Google Chrome version 59 l Apple Safari version 9.1 (For Mac OS X) Other web browsers may function correctly, but are not supported by Fortinet.
Explicit Web Proxy Browser	l    Microsoft Edge 40 l    Microsoft Internet Explorer version 11 l Mozilla Firefox version 53 l Google Chrome version 58 l Apple Safari version 10 (For Mac OS X) Other web browsers may function correctly, but are not supported by Fortinet.
FortiManager	See important compatibility information in Security Fabric upgrade on page 9. For the latest information, see FortiManager compatibility with FortiOS in the Fortinet Document Library. Upgrade FortiManager before upgrading FortiGate.
FortiAnalyzer	See important compatibility information in Security Fabric upgrade on page 9. For the latest information, see FortiAnalyzer compatibility with FortiOS in the Fortinet Document Library. Upgrade FortiAnalyzer before upgrading FortiGate.
FortiClient Microsoft Windows	See important compatibility information in Security Fabric upgrade on page 9. l 5.6.1 If FortiClient is managed by a FortiGate, you must upgrade FortiClient before upgrading FortiGate.
FortiClient Mac OS X	See important compatibility information in Security Fabric upgrade on page 9. l 5.6.0 If FortiClient is managed by a FortiGate, you must upgrade FortiClient before upgrading FortiGate.
FortiClient iOS	l 5.4.3 and later
FortiClient Android and FortiClient VPN Android	l 5.4.1 and later

 

FortiAP                                        l 5.4.2 and later l 5.6.0
FortiAP-S                                     l 5.4.3 and later l 5.6.0
FortiSwitch OS                             l 3.6.2 and later (FortiLink support)
FortiController                              l 5.2.5 and later Supported models: FCTL-5103B, FCTL-5903C, FCTL-5913C.
FortiSandbox                               l 2.3.3 and later
Fortinet Single Sign-On               l 5.0 build 0271 and later (needed for FSSO agent support OU in group filters) (FSSO)                                                l Windows Server 2016 Datacenter l Windows Server 2016 Standard l Windows Server 2008 (32-bit and 64-bit) l Windows Server 2008 R2 64-bit l Windows Server 2012 Standard l Windows Server 2012 R2 Standard l Novell eDirectory 8.8 FSSO does not currently support IPv6.
FortiExtender                                l 3.2.1 and later See FortiExtender support on page 8.
AV Engine                                    l 5.00361
IPS Engine                                    l 3.00531
Virtualization Environments
Citrix                                           l XenServer version 5.6 Service Pack 2 l XenServer version 6.0 and later
Linux KVM                                   l RHEL 7.1/Ubuntu 12.04 and later l CentOS 6.4 (qemu 0.12.1) and later
Microsoft                                     l Hyper-V Server 2008 R2, 2012, 2012 R2, and 2016
Open Source l XenServer version 3.4.3 l XenServer version 4.1 and later
VMware l ESX versions 4.0 and 4.1 l ESXi versions 4.0, 4.1, 5.0, 5.1, 5.5, 6.0, and 6.5
VM Series – SR-IOV	The following NIC chipset cards are supported: l Intel 82599 l Intel X540 l Intel X710/XL710

Language support

The following table lists language support information.

Language support

Language	GUI
English	✔
Chinese (Simplified)	✔
Chinese (Traditional)	✔
French	✔
Japanese	✔
Korean	✔
Portuguese (Brazil)	✔
Spanish	✔

SSL VPN support

SSL VPN standalone client

The following table lists SSL VPN tunnel client standalone installer for the following operating systems.

Operating system and installers

Operating System	Installer
Linux CentOS 6.5 / 7 (32-bit & 64-bit) Linux Ubuntu 16.04	2336. Download from the Fortinet Developer Network https://fndn.fortinet.net.

Other operating systems may function correctly, but are not supported by Fortinet.

SSL VPN web mode

The following table lists the operating systems and web browsers supported by SSL VPN web mode.

Supported operating systems and web browsers

Operating System	Web Browser
Microsoft Windows 7 SP1 (32-bit & 64-bit) Microsoft Windows 8 / 8.1 (32-bit & 64-bit)	Microsoft Internet Explorer version 11 Mozilla Firefox version 54 Google Chrome version 59
Microsoft Windows 10 (64-bit)	Microsoft Edge Microsoft Internet Explorer version 11 Mozilla Firefox version 54 Google Chrome version 59
Linux CentOS 6.5 / 7 (32-bit & 64-bit)	Mozilla Firefox version 54
Mac OS 10.11.1	Apple Safari version 9 Mozilla Firefox version 54 Google Chrome version 59
iOS	Apple Safari Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome
Android	Mozilla Firefox Google Chrome

Other operating systems and web browsers may function correctly, but are not supported by Fortinet.

SSL VPN host compatibility list

It is recommended to verify the accuracy of the GUID for the software you are using for SSL VPN host check. The following Knowledge Base article at http://kb.fortinet.com/ describes how to identify the GUID for antivirus and firewall products: How to add non listed 3rd Party AntiVirus and Firewall product to the FortiGate SSL VPN Host check.

After verifying GUIDs, you can update GUIDs in FortiOS using this command:

config vpn ssl web host-check-software

Following is an example of how to update the GUID for AVG Internet Security 2017 on Windows 7 and Windows 10 by using the FortiOS CLI.

The GUIDs in this example are only for AVG Internet Security 2017 on Windows 7 and Windows 10. The GUIDs might be different for other versions of the software and other operation systems.

To update GUIDs in FortiOS:

1. Use the config vpn ssl web host-check-software command to edit the AVG-InternetSecurity-AV variable to set the following GUID for AVG Internet Security 2017: 4D41356F-32AD-7C42-C820-63775EE4F413.
2. Edit the AVG-Internet-Security-FW variable to set the following GUID:

757AB44A-78C2-7D1A-E37F-CA42A037B368.

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