Deploy the VM-Series Firewall

1. Log in to NSX-T Manager.
2. Select Advanced Networking & SecurityPartner ServicesCatalog.
3. Select the Registered Service that matches the service definition to be deployed.
4. Select the VM-Series firewall image from the drop-down in the Registered Service entry.

5. Click Deploy under the registered service for the service definition you want to use to launch the firewall.
6. Click Proceed.
7. Enter the Partner Service details. This information tells NSX-T Manager which Partner Service and logical router to use when deploying the VM-Series firewall.
   1. Enter a descriptive Instance Name for your VM-Series firewall.
   2. NSX-T Manager prepopulates the Partner Service field. Selecting a Partner Service populates the Deployment Specification field.
   3. Select the Logical Router. Select a tier-0 or tier-1 router. NSX-T Manager attaches the VM-Series firewall to the selected router and redirects traffic passing through that router to the VM-Series firewall for inspection. You must select a router with no service insertion attached.
   4. Click Next.

8. Configure resource and storage settings.
   1. Select a Compute Manager. The compute manager is the vCenter server managing your datacenter.
   2. Select a Cluster. You can deploy the VM-Series firewall on any cluster that does not include any Edge Transport Nodes.
   3. (Optional) Select the Resource Pool if you have created any on vCenter server.
   4. Select a Datastore.

   5. Select the Deployment Mode for your VM-Series firewall—Standalone or High Availability.
   6. Set the Failure Policy to Allow or Block. The failure policy defines how NSX-T Manager handles traffic that is directed to the VM-Series firewall if the firewall becomes unavailable.
   7. Enter the IP Address, Gateway, Subnet Mask, and Network ID for the VM-Series firewall management port.
   8. If you are deploying the VM-Series firewall in HA mode, repeat the previous step for secondary firewall instance.
   9. Click Next.

9. Click on the Deployment Template field and select a deployment template. Choosing a deployment template automatically populates the template properties. Do not edit the Template Property settings.

10. Click Finish to deploy the VM-Series firewall.
11. Access the Panorama web interface to make sure that the VM-Series firewalls are connected and synchronized with Panorama.
    1. Select PanoramaManaged DevicesSummary to verify that the firewalls are connected and synchronized.
       The Device Name for the VM-Series firewall is displayed on Panorama as PA-VM:<nsx.clusterid> for NSX-T (N-S) deployment and as PA-VM:<nsx.servicevmid> for NSX-T (E-W) deployment

       If the ESXi server hostname is longer than 32 characters, the hostname will not be displayed in Panorama. Instead, only PA-VM is displayed.

    2. Click Commit, and select Commit Type as Panorama.
       A periodic Panorama commit is required to ensure that Panorama saves the device serial numbers to configuration. If you reboot Panorama without committing the changes, the managed devices will not connect back to Panorama; although the Device Group will display the list of devices, the devices will not display in PanoramaManaged Devices.
12. Verify that the capacity license is applied and apply any additional licenses that you have purchased. At a minimum, you must activate the support license on each firewall.
    When Panorama does not have internet access (Offline), you must manually license each firewall, and then add the serial number of the firewall to Panorama so that it is registered as a managed device, and can receive the template stack and device group settings from Panorama. See Activate the License for the VM-Series Firewall for VMware NSX for more information.
    1. Select PanoramaDevice DeploymentLicenses to verify that the VM-Series capacity license is applied.

    2. To apply additional licenses on the VM-Series firewalls:
       • Click Activate on PanoramaDevice DeploymentLicenses.
       • Find or filter for the firewall, and in the Auth Code column, enter the authorization code for the license to activate. Only one authorization code can be entered at a time, for each firewall.

    3. Click Activate, and verify that the result of the license activation was successful.
13. Set a secure password for the admin account on your VM-Series firewalls.
    Each VM-Series firewall uses a default username and password (admin/admin), which is used for initial login. Upon logging in for the first time, you are prompted to set a new, more secure password. The new password must be a minimum of eight characters and include a minimum of one lowercase and one uppercase character, as well as one number or special character.

    You can update the password on each firewall individually or all at once through Panorama.

    • Panorama—on Panorama, you can change the default password for all firewalls in a template or delete the admin user and create a new username and password.
      1. Log in to Panorama
      2. Select DeviceAdministrators and select the admin user.
      3. Delete the user or click the user and enter a new password.
      4. If you changed the password, click OK.
      5. Select CommitPush to DevicesEdit SelectionsForce Template Values.
      6. Click OK.
    • Firewall—this procedure must be repeated on each VM-Series firewall.
      1. Log in to the VM-Series firewall using the default username and password.
      2. Follow the prompts to reset the password.