PAN-OS 10.2 and later
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PAN-OS 10.2 and later

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PAN-OS 10.2 and later

Here are our recommended system requirements for deploying the CN-Series firewall across its multiple supported modes.
5G-Native Security is exclusively supported on Daemonset and Kubernetes CNF Mode.
The memory and core combinations for CN-MGMT and CN-NGFW applies to Small, Medium, and Large respectively. The combination of Small, Medium, and Large pertaining to CN-MGMT maps directly with respective CN-NGFW.
Recommended CN-Series system and capacity matrix
CN ModeResourceSmallMediumMediumMediumLargeLarge
Daemonset
Min CN-MGMT Memory
3G
3G
4G
4G
16G
16G
Min CN-NGFW Memory
2G
6.5G
16G
32G
48G
56G
Recommended CN-MGMT Cores
2
2
2
4
8
12
Max CN-NGFW Cores
2
4
8
16
31
47
Disk
52Gi
52Gi
52Gi
52Gi
52Gi
52Gi
DPDK Hugepage Size
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Kubernetes Service
Min CN-MGMT Memory
3G
3G
4G
4G
16G
16G
Min CN-NGFW Memory
4G
6.5G
16G
32G
48G
56G
Recommended CN-MGMT Cores
2
2
2
4
8
12
Max CN-NGFW Cores
2
4
8
16
31
47
Disk
52Gi
52Gi
52Gi
52Gi
52Gi
52Gi
DPDK Hugepage Size
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Kubernetes CNF
Min CN-MGMT Memory
3G
3G
4G
4G
16G
16G
Min CN-NGFW Memory
2G
6.5G
16G
32G
48G
56G
Recommended CN-MGMT Cores
2
2
2
4
8
12
Max CN-NGFW Cores
2
4
8
16
31
47
Disk
52Gi
52Gi
52Gi
52Gi
52Gi
52Gi
DPDK Hugepage Size
1G
1G
2G
2G
4G
4G