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FortiGate Next Generation Firewall utilizes purpose-built security processors and threat intelligence security services from FortiGuard labs to deliver top-rated protection and high performance, including encrypted traffic.
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Description This article describes checking and adding vCPUs to FGT_VM installation.
Scope

 FortiGate VM.

Solution

Sometimes in the FortiGate VM installation (i.e. AWS ), the CPU number is not the one that is expected based on the license.

 

This might create high CPU consumption issues and the Performance
the status will show fewer CPUs than expected.

 

# get sys performance status

CPU states: 11% user 5% system 18% nice 1%
idle 0% iowait 0% irg 65% softirg
CPUO states: 11% user 5% system 18% nice 1% idle 0% iowait 0% irg 65%
softirg

 

# get sys performance status

CPU states: 11% user 5% system 18% nice 1%
idle 0% iowait 0% irg 65% softirg
CPUO states: 11% user 5% system 18% nice 1% idle 0% iowait 0% irg 65%
softirg

 

As a first step check the license.


# diagnose debug vm-print-license

Then check the active vCPUs

 

# execute cpu show


And to add an additional vCPU:

 

# execute cpu add 1

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