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Firewall appliance

Firewall appliance

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You have the following options for your firewall appliance:

  • Gateway cluster with Juniper® vSRX - Order a dedicated cluster for the network edge and firewall components and install Juniper vSRX on it.
  • Gateway cluster with FortiGate® Virtual Appliance - Order a dedicated cluster for the network edge and firewall components and install FortiGate Virtual Appliance on it.
  • Bring your own gateway appliance - Order a dedicated cluster for the network edge and firewall components.

The steps that you must follow differ depending on your selection.