FORTINET FC-10-FVM08-963-02-12 FortiGate/FortiWiFi 50G Series

FC-10-FVM08-963-02-12 Compatibility Check

FC-10-FVM08-963-02-12 is a 1 year legacy Unified Threat Protection service entitlement for one existing, licensed FortiGate VM08. It is not a FortiGate VM license, deployable image, cloud instance, physical appliance or compute subscription.

Virtual Platform Evidence

Fortinet documents FortiGate VM08 for up to 8 vCPUs; actual performance depends on the deployment platform and traffic mix. It is an eight-vCPU virtual firewall tier. VM08 commonly protects a broader virtual network boundary. Document accelerated-networking dependencies, routing domains, HA synchronization, central analytics and the maintenance team. Confirm the exact licensed tier after any cloud-instance resize because the service line does not authorize a different FortiGate VM capacity.

VM08 evidence should include eight-vCPU placement, accelerated-networking status, multi-interface topology and HA synchronization under production load. Record the cloud or hypervisor constraints that would prevent straightforward failover to a differently sized host.

UTP Boundary

Unified Threat Protection extends the ATP network and malware controls with web and DNS security, video filtering and anti-botnet/C2 protection. Advanced DLP, IoT detection, inline malware prevention and attack-surface monitoring remain outside UTP unless separately licensed.

1 Year Governance

An annual contract supports near-term resizing or platform change. Align activation with current expiry, assign a renewal owner and review service use, software eligibility and VM placement before the next anniversary.

For this annual VM08 line, review accelerated networking, interface limits and UTP profile use before renewal. Retain evidence from both HA roles, confirm cloud fault-domain placement and test that central logs continue through failover. Correct unused or overlapping security coverage within the short purchasing cycle.

Annual evidence should include accelerated-interface status, active/standby entitlement checks and one failover log sample. Use the short review cycle to remove obsolete interfaces and duplicated marketplace protection before the next purchase.

• Match platform token FVM08 and the registered virtual serial.
• Confirm 12 months from the authorized quote and current expiry record.
• Verify the FortiCare account, deployment platform, FortiOS version and base VM license separately.
• Check for overlapping legacy UTP, current UTP, Enterprise or marketplace coverage.
• Record HA, backup, event-retention and signature-update ownership.

Official sources: FortiGuard security bundles; FortiGate VM Data Sheet.