Minimum system requirements

Prior to deploying the FortiSandbox VM virtual appliance, KVM must be installed and configured.

FortiSandbox VM has specific CPU requirements: Intel Virtualization Technology (VT-x/EPT) or AMD Virtualization (AMD-V/RVI). Enter the BIOS to enable Virtualization Technology and 64-bit support. Detailed information can be found at https://communities.vmware.com/docs/DOC-8970.

Ensure you meet the following prerequisites before installing FortiSandbox VM:

• A compatible Linux distribution, such as Ubuntu 16.04 with Kernel 4.6.7 and later and the qemu-kvm 2.5 and later packages, or CentOS 7.2 with Kernel 4.1.12 and later and the qemu-kvm 2.3 and later packages.
• virt-manager is installed on the management computer.

When configuring your FortiSandbox hardware settings, use the following table as a guide with consideration for future expansion.

Technical Specification	Details
Hypervisor Support	VMware ESXi Microsoft Hyper-V Windows server 2016 and 2019 Kernel Virtual Machine (KVM)
HA Support	FortiSandbox 2.4 or later
Virtual CPUs (min / max)	4 / Unlimited Fortinet recommends four virtual CPUs plus the number of VM clones.
Virtual Network Interfaces	6
Virtual Memory (min / max)	16GB / Unlimited Fortinet recommends a minimum of 16GB for up to 5 clones. For more clones, use 3GB per Windows VM clone + 1GB. For example, 8 clones require at least 25GB (3GB x 8 clones + 1GB).
Virtual Storage (min / max)	200GB / 16TB Fortinet recommends at least 1TB for a production environment.