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Fortinet SD-WAN - Specifications

Fortinet SD-WAN​

This part describes the specifications for deploying Fortinet SD-WAN. The Fortinet SD-WAN Gateway is designed to enhance network performance and security for wide area networks (WANs).

Flavors​

The available sizes of flavors for Fortinet VNF are shown below. These depend on the software versions selected.

StandardDPDK
Extra-Small
1 vCPU
2 GB Mem
64 Go Disk
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Small
2 vCPU
4 GB Mem
64 Go Disk
2 vCPU
4 GB Mem
64 Go Disk
Medium
4 vCPU
8 GB Mem
64 Go Disk
4 vCPU
8 GB Mem
64 Go Disk
Large
8 vCPU
16 GB Mem
64 Go Disk
8 vCPU
16 GB Mem
64 Go Disk

In case of dual topology, a flavor can be selected for each virtual device making up a Virtual Network Edge.

Interfaces​

The interfaces available for Aviatrix secure edge are listed below:

  • Interface 1 : Internet interface with a floating Public IP address.
  • Interface 2 : MPLS interface used to connect to Orange MPLS VPN via VLAN sub-interfaces (101 to 108).

For each VLAN sub-interface:

  • VPN list (1..99 items):
    • VPN Name
    • VPN role: any-to-any, client, server
  • BGP:
    • Enable/Disable BGP
    • AS prepend (integer 1..6)

Each interface can be controlled by a security group.

Software device versions​

Below list the software image versions available for Fortinet SD-WAN on Orange SuperPop :

  • 7.2.5 (DPDK)
  • 7.2.5 (Standard)

Service specific parameters​

  • VM AS number (2 or 4 bytes)
  • Password
  • Fortinet manager IP address
  • Fortinet manager serial number

Licence​

Only Bring Your Own Licence (BYOL) type is supported for Fortinet SD-WAN. You need to purchase your software licence with Fortinet sales.

Security group​

No default security group configured for Fortinet VNE model.

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