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What’s new in Version 2.50 Introduction
What’s new in Version 2.50
This section presents a brief summary of some of the new features in FortiOS v2.50:
System administration
• Improved graphical FortiGate system health monitoring that includes CPU and
memory usage, session number and network bandwidth usage, and the number of
viruses and intrusions detected. See “System status” on page 110.
• Revised antivirus and attack definition update functionality that connects to a new
version of the FortiResponse Distribution network. Updates can now be scheduled
hourly and the System > Update page displays more information about the current
update status. See “Updating antivirus and attack definitions” on page 115.
• Direct connection to the Fortinet tech support web page from the web-based
manager. You can register your FortiGate unit and get access to other technical
support resources. See “Registering FortiGate units” on page 125.
Network configuration
• Changes have been made to how zones are added and used. See “Configuring
zones” on page 133.
• Changes have been made to how VLANs are added and used. See “Configuring
VLANs” on page 139.
• New interface configuration options. See “Configuring interfaces” on page 135.
• Ping server and dead gateway detection for all interfaces.
• HTTP and Telnet administrative access to any interface.
• Secondary IP addresses for all FortiGate interfaces.
Routing
• Simplified direction-based routing configuration.
• Advanced policy routing (CLI only).
DHCP server
• DHCP server for the internal network (CLI only).
• Reserve IP/MAC pair combinations for DHCP servers (CLI only).
Routing Information Protocol (RIP)
• New RIP v1 and v2 functionality. See “RIP configuration” on page 149.
SNMP
• SNMP v1 and v2 support.
• Support for RFC 1213 and RFC 2665
• Monitoring of all FortiGate configuration and functionality
•See “Configuring SNMP” on page 162
