Fortinet ATC Virtual Lab Guide

Fortinet Training Services has recently transitioned from physical to virtual labs. The two main benefits to ATCs
in this model include lower training environment costs and insurance that the lab environment matches to the
course materials.

This document is intended to assist ATCs as they set-up their virtual lab environments. If you encounter
difficulties while completing this process, please email Training Services at:
Training@fortinet.com America’s, Australia, New Zealand:
EMEA-Training@fortinet.com EMEA and Africa:
APAC-Training@fortinet.com APAC:

Virtual Lab Purchase Process

The steps below identify the purchase process for the Fortinet virtual lab environment:
1. Submit your book order on the online storefront
2. Open a PO for your book and virtual lab order . The following information must be listed on the PO:
a. Standard data and shipping fees for course manuals
b. Virtual Lab Part Numbers:
i. FT-REMOTE Virtual Lab Pods $ 90 USD per student/per day
ii. FG-VM01 VM License $525 USD (2 per student required)
iii. FC-10-FVM01-956-02-12 FG Service-1 Year $853 USD (one-time purchase)
OR
iv. FC-10-FVM01-956-02-36 FG Service-3 Years $2238 USD (one-time purchase)
c. Class date, trainers name and applicable time zone
3. Once your order is approved, Fortinet will setup the environment and send the event details to your
trainer within 48 business hours.

FortiGate MR3 Virtual Lab Setup

Upon receipt of the event details Fortinet Certified Trainers (FCTs) must verify all data is correct. Fortinet can
make changes to events up to one business day in advance of the class start.

FCTs need to copy two FGT VM licenses into each student environment and their own environment at the
beginning of the course. There are three steps to completing this process as illustrated in each section below.

Section 1
This section details the procedure to register the FGT VM licenses. A full class-set of licenses consists of 26
individual VM Licenses (totaling 12 students and one instructor each having two licenses)..

The following steps demonstrate how to receive licenses from CS, each one in a PDF file, from
orderfulfillment@fortinet.com and then register the licenses:
1. Login to http://support.fortinet.com
2. Select Register/Renew

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3. Enter the license number from PDF file FortiGate VM EVALUATION LICENSE CERTIFICATE.

4. Enter the license registration code and select Register.

5. Accept the Service Agreements. Download the license file (.lic).

6. Repeat steps 1-5 for each license.

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FortiGuard services are activated by default for the duration of an evaluation license.

Section 2
Prior to each training class two license files need to be transferred in to the student environment. Complete
the steps below to transfer these files:
1. Login to each student environment.
2. Drag-and-drop two files via the Java applet. A status bar will appear. The file is uploaded to the
‘c:\uploads\’ directory.
3. Copy two license files to each student environment.

Section 3
Preparation steps for lab to be completed by each student.
1. In the training environment install the first license file, from c:\uploads\, to the “Student” FGT Appliance,
http://10.0.1.254.
2. Once the license is uploaded the unit will reboot. The FortiGate will contact FortiGuard to validate the
VM license, when the license goes to status ‘valid’ it will unlock the device.
a. If the license status remains ‘pending’ then force the check. From the CLI enter “exec update-
now” to force the license verification. The status should change to ‘valid’ and now the device is
unlocked.
i. To access the CLI go to Operations > Connect to Secondary > K#-Student
ii. Enter “exec update-now”
iii. Check for Valid message or check status, get sys status.

iv. After you have entered the command “update-now” select Operations > Disconnect.
3. Connect to http://10.200.3.1 and upload the second license file. Once the license is uploaded the unit
will reboot. The FortiGate will contact FortiGuard to validate the VM license, when the license goes to
status ‘valid’ it will unlock the device.
b. If the license status remains ‘pending’ then force the check. From the CLI enter “exec update-
now” to force VM license verification.
i. To access the CLI go to Operations > Connect to Secondary > K#-Remote
ii. Enter “exec update-now”
iii. Check for Valid message or check status, get sys status.

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4. After you have entered the command “update-now” select Operations > Disconnect.Verify the
FortiGuard services are active on both devices.

5. The environment is now ready.

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