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What are you using (e.g., Proxmox, ESXi, bare KVM)? What is the number of vCPUs and RAM allocated? Are you clustering this device?

To achieve near-bare-metal throughput (up to 10 Gbps):

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qemu-img convert -f qcow2 -O vmdk FortiGate.qcow2 FortiGate.vmdk fgtvm64kvmv747mbuild2731fortinetoutkvmqcow2

virt-install \ --name=FortiGate-v7.4.7 \ --ram=2048 \ --vcpus=2 \ --os-variant=rhel8.0 \ --disk path=/var/lib/libvirt/images/FGT_VM64_KVM-v7.4.7.M-build2731-FORTINET.out.kvm.qcow2,format=qcow2,bus=virtio \ --network bridge=br0,model=virtio \ --network bridge=br1,model=virtio \ --graphics none \ --import \ --noautoconsole Use code with caution. Integrating the Image into Emulation Labs (GNS3 / EVE-NG)

The out suffix identifies this as a full deployment package for a new installation , as opposed to an out file alone which might be used for an in-place upgrade.

If you'd like more specific advice on optimizing this build for your infrastructure, please tell me: What are you using (e

: This indicates the intended Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) hypervisor. It means this specific build is optimized to run on Linux-based KVM hosts, rather than VMware ESXi or Microsoft Hyper-V.

: The specific internal build number used for this software iteration.

Signifies an official production binary compiled directly by Fortinet engineers. QEMU Copy-on-Write 2 To achieve near-bare-metal throughput (up to 10 Gbps):

represents the standardized, consolidated filename for deploying a FortiGate 64-bit Virtual Appliance running FortiOS v7.4.7 (Build 2731) on KVM hypervisors .

To provision the virtual firewall natively inside a Linux KVM or Ubuntu/CentOS environment using virt-install or QEMU CLI tools, execute the following implementation flow. Step 1: Extract and Verify Image Checksums

chown libvirt-qemu:kvm FortiGate-VM64-KVM-v7-build2731.qcow2 chmod 640 FortiGate-VM64-KVM-v7-build2731.qcow2