Create a CN-Series Deployment Profile

1. If you already have credit pool, log into the account, and from the dashboard, select AssetsSoftware NGFW CreditsPrisma NGFW CreditsCreate New Profile.

   If you have just activated a credit pool you see the Create Deployment Profile form.

   1. Select the CN-Series firewall type.
   2. Select the PAN-OS 10.2 and above.
   3. Click Next.
2. CN-Series profile.

   1. Profile Name.

      Name the profile.
   2. Total vCPUs.

      Enter the total number of vCPUs across all CN-NGFW.
   3. Select a Security Use Case from the drop-down. Each Security Use Case in the drop-down automatically selects a number of descriptions that are recommended for the chosen use case. If you select Custom, you can specify the subscriptions that you would like to use in your deployment.
   4. (optional) Use Credits to Enable VM Panorama— For Management or Dedicated Log Collector.
3. (optional) Hover over the question mark following Protect more, save more to see how your credit allocation affects savings.
4. Click Calculate Estimated Cost to view the credit total, and the number of credits available before the deployment.

   (optional) Hover over the question mark following the estimate to view the credit breakdown for each component.

5. (optional) Provision Panorama. If you used credits to Enable a VM Panorama, complete the following steps to provision Panorama and generate a serial number. Panorama is required to manage CN-Series deployments. Once you have applied the serial number to Panorama, Panorama will contact the licensing update server and retrieve the license.

   1. Select AssetsSoftware NGFW CreditsPrisma NGFW Credits and locate your deployment profile.
   2. On the far right, select the vertical ellipsis and select Provision Panorama.

   3. Click Provision Panorama to generate a serial number.
   4. Record or copy the serial number to apply to your Panorama instance.

   5. Register Panorama.