VM-Series on Google Cloud Platform - Supported GCP Instance Types
This table outlines the compatibility and technical requirements for deploying the
VM-Series firewall on specific Google Cloud Platform (GCP) compute
infrastructure.
GCP Instance Family
Supported Instance Types
Minimum PAN-OS Version
Notes
General Purpose (N-Series)
N4 (Standard, High-CPU, High-Mem)
11.2.8 or later
12.1.5 or later
N4A and N4D are currently not supported.
Compute Optimized (C-Series)
C4 (Standard, High-CPU, High-Mem)
11.2.8 or later
12.1.5 or later
High-performance instances for compute-bound workloads.
General Purpose (N2)
N2, N2D
10.1 or later
Standard migration path for older N1 deployments.
For VM-Series deployments on Google Cloud, gVNIC support is
required for N4 and C4 instances. A minimum version of PAN-OS 12.1.5 or
later (or 11.2.8 or later in the 11.2 branch) is required to ensure
full compatibility with these instance families.
Only standard N4 and C4 instances are supported. Custom variants
such as N4A (ARM-based) or N4D (AMD-based) are not currently supported for
VM-Series.
