Licenses Quiestion for FGT / FMG under NSX-T environment

[TBC]

Hello all,

we are currently planning to use Fortigate / Fortimanager under VMWare NSX-T.
We want to use several separate environments (e.g. development, test, production, etc.) with different segments, e.g. MicroLAN.
My questions about this:
Is this possible with the above mentioned products?
How many Fortigate / Fortimanager licenses are needed for X-environments?

Thanks in advance

Have a nice weekend

TheBob

[gfleming]

You should be talking to your Fortinet and/or Partner SE about this. But in general, each FortiGate VM instance requires its own license.

There is something called a "Flex-VM" program where you can buy points and use them against deployed FortiGate VMs. Same idea though, each deployed FortiGate-VM requires a valid license.

[Debbie_FTNT]

In addition to Graham's reply, for FortiManager:

You would only need one (or two if you want to operate it as a cluster with high-availability setup). FortiManager VM licences include ten FortiGates/VDOMs baseline (meaning the Fortimanager can manage 10 FortiGates, not that 10 FortiGate licences are included as well!), and there are additional licences so FortiManager can handle more FortiGates.

If you go the HA route for FortiManager, you would need two licences (and additional addons for each if you have more than 10 FortiGates/VDOMs).

Checking with your local Fortinet Sales representative would be the best option; they should be able to assess your reqirements and determine what number of FortiGates and what size FortiManager would be appropriate.