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Forcepoint solutions on Forcepoint appliance platforms


Product \ Platform	V5000	V10000	X10G	VMware	Azure
Forcepoint Email Security
Forcepoint Web Security Network Agent
Forcepoint URL Filtering Network Agent
Forcepoint DLP Protector Mobile Agent
Forcepoint DLP with Email Gateway for Microsoft Office 365

For detailed information about deploying any of the Forcepoint DLP solutions on Forcepoint appliances, see the Forcepoint DLP section of the Forcepoint documentation page.

For detailed information about deploying Forcepoint Web Security Cloud with an i-Series appliance, see the Forcepoint i-Series Appliance section of the Forcepoint documentation page.

V Series specifications

1 rack-unit form factor

See the V Series Appliance datasheet (PDF on the Forcepoint website) for specifications of the currently shipping model.

V10000 specifications

Supported solutions

Forcepoint Email Security (certified)

Forcepoint Web Security (certified)

Supported models with v8.4

Network interfaces

All V10000 appliances come with 6 physical Ethernet interfaces

C — Supports Forcepoint appliance management communication

P1, P2 — Support Content Gateway (web proxy) traffic (Forcepoint Web Security only)

E1, E2 —Support MTA traffic (Forcepoint Email Security)

N — Supports Network Agent (Web protection solutions)

Interface bonding: With Forcepoint Web Security and Forcepoint Email Security, interfaces P1 and E1 can be bonded, and interfaces P2 and E2 can be bonded.

V5000 specifications

Supported solutions

Forcepoint Email Security (certified)

Forcepoint Web Security (certified)

Forcepoint URL Filtering (certified)

Supported models with v8.4

Network interfaces

All V5000 appliances come with 4 physical Ethernet interfaces.

C — Supports Forcepoint appliance management communication

P1, P2 — Support Content Gateway (web proxy) traffic (Forcepoint Web Security) or MTA traffic (Forcepoint Email Security)

N — Supports Network Agent (Web protection solutions)

X Series specifications

10 rack-unit form factor; chassis hosts up to 16 X10G blade servers

See the X Series Appliance datasheet (PDF on the Forcepoint website) for specifications of the currently shipping model.

Supported solutions

Forcepoint Email Security (certified)

Forcepoint Web Security (certified)

Supported models with v8.4

X10G G2 blade server

X10G G1 blade server

Network interfaces

All X Series appliances come with 2 PowerConnect M6220 switches. Each supports 2 10GbE SFP+ ports.

All X10G security blades support 3 virtual Ethernet interfaces.

C — Supports Forcepoint appliance management communication

P1, P2 — Support Content Gateway (web proxy) traffic (Forcepoint Web Security) or MTA traffic (Forcepoint Email Security)

Forcepoint Virtual Appliance for Web and Email specifications

Version 8.4 Web and Email Virtual Appliances are certified for VMware ESXi 6.5 / 6.0 / 5.5. A stable release of ESXi, such as 6.5d (build 5310538) or later, is recommended to avoid unexpected issues.

Supported solutions

Forcepoint Email Security (certified)

Forcepoint Web Security (certified)

Forcepoint Email Security VM specification

The install OVA creates a virtual machine with the following specifications:

1 - 225 GB disk

1 - 100 GB disk

4 E1000 virtual network interfaces


	Important These resources must be maintained as specified. When the Forcepoint security software starts, if the resources do not match the specification the application containers will not start. In the CLI, a persistent message displays indicating that the resources have been modified.

Network interfaces:

All Forcepoint Email Security VMware virtual appliances come with 4 virtual Ethernet interfaces.

C - Supports Forcepoint appliance management communication

P1, P2 - Support MTA traffic

N - Reserved

Forcepoint Web Security VM specification


	Note The policy mode Filtering only is not supported on VMware virtual appliances with version 8.4.0.

The install OVA creates a virtual machine with the following specifications:

1 - 128 GiB and 1 - 129 GiB disk

4 E1000 virtual network interfaces (1 reserved port)


	Important These resources must be maintained as specified above. When the Forcepoint security software starts, if the resources do not match the specification the application containers will not start. In the CLI, a persistent message displays indicating that the resources have been modified.

Network interfaces

All Forcepoint Web Security VMware virtual appliances come with 4 virtual Ethernet interfaces.

C - Supports Forcepoint appliance management communication

P1, P2 - Support Content Gateway web proxy traffic

N - Reserved; Network Agent and Content Gateway decryption port mirror are not supported on VMware virtual appliances in v8.4.0.

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