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Does NTA supports fortigate 500D firewall

fahad207

Hi,

We planning to have new fortigate 500D. So please let me know whether it fully supports NTA or not ?

Thanks

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martinstenner

The FortiOS 5.2.0 CLI reference shows you can configure for netflow export. I asked the exact same question myself recently as 500D is also in consideration.

Page 585 http://docs.fortinet.com/uploaded/files/1981/fortigate-cli-52.pdf‌

"netflow

Use this command to configure sending flow data to a NetFlow collector.

Syntax

config system netflow

set active-flow-timeout

set collector-ip

set collector-port

set inactive-flow-timeout

set source-ip

set template-tx-timeout

set template-tx-counter

end"

donthomas

what martinstenner‌ has stated is correct - with that right OS, Fortigate would support NetFlow export and the commands he has listed should work. But the datasheet of Fortigate 500D doesnt list NetFlow support (might be due lower mem on the device or ASIC capability).

martinstenner

I have it on good authority (read: somebody from Fortinet) that this is supported under the OS so doesn't appear device specific. The 500D or 'D' models in general are the newer more powerful appliances with higher ASIC capability that the previous 'C' models.

If in any doubt, I would contact your technical sales representative to confirm these points. It wouldn't be a 'deal breaker' for me though.

donthomas

Ah perfect. If its OS specific and the device sends NetFlow packets, SolarWinds NTA would work with it.

fahad207

Thanks all of you for the inputs. Now i have to move ahead to get fortinet500d and hope it fill push all information to our beloved NTA

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