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    Before installation, complete the Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
    Install Panorama on an ESXi Server Install Panorama in vCloud Air Support for VMware Tools on the Panorama Virtual Appliance
    Install Panorama on an ESXi Server
    Use these instructions to install a new Panorama virtual appliance on a VMware ESXi server. If you are upgrading your existing Panorama virtual appliance, skip to Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama.
    Install Panorama on an ESXi Server
    Download the Panorama base image Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) file. Use your browser to access the Palo Alto Networks software downloads site. (If you can’t log in, go to the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support web site for assistance.) In the Panorama Base Images section, Download column, click the link for the desired release to download the OVA file.
    Install Panorama. Launch the VMware vSphere Client and connect to the VMware server. Select File > Deploy OVF Template. Browse to select the Panorama OVA file and click Next. Confirm that the product name and description match the downloaded version, and click Next. Enter a descriptive name for the Panorama virtual appliance, and click Next. Select a Datastore Location on which to install the Panorama image, and click Next. Regardless of the disk size, Panorama uses approximately 11GB for log storage. Increasing the disk size doesn’t increase the log storage capacity. To Expand Log Storage Capacity on the Panorama Virtual Appliance, you must add another virtual disk or set up access to a Network File System (NFS) datastore. Select your preferred Disk Provisioning disk format, and click Next. Consider your business needs when selecting the disk provisioning format. For more information, regarding the disk provisioning performance considerations, refer to the VMware Thick vs Thin Disks and All Flash Arrays document, or additional VMware documentation. Specify which networks in the inventory to use for the Panorama virtual appliance. Confirm the selected options and click Finish to start the installation process. When the installation completes, right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and Edit Settings as follows: Select the Hardware tab and allocate Memory based on how many firewalls Panorama will manage: 1–10 firewalls: 4GB 11–50 firewalls: 8GB 51–1,000 firewalls: 16GB Set the SCSI Controller to LSI Logic Parallel. Click OK to save your changes.
    Power on the Panorama virtual appliance. In the vSphere Client, right-click the Panorama virtual appliance and select Power > Power On. When the Panorama virtual appliance boots, the installation process is complete. You are then ready to Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
    Install Panorama in vCloud Air
    Use these instructions to install a new Panorama virtual appliance in VMware vCloud Air. If you are upgrading a Panorama virtual appliance deployed in vCloud Air, skip to Install Content and Software Updates for Panorama.
    Install Panorama in vCloud Air
    Download the Panorama base image Open Virtual Appliance (OVA) file. Go to the Palo Alto Networks software downloads site. (If you can’t log in, go to the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support web site for assistance.) In the Panorama Base Images section, Download column, click the link for the desired release to download the OVA file.
    Import the Panorama image to the vCloud Air catalog. For details on these steps, refer to the OVF Tool User’s Guide. Install the OVF Tool on your client system. Access the client system CLI. Navigate to the OVF Tool directory.For example: C:\Program Files\VMware\VMware OVF Tool Convert the OVA file to an OVF package: ovftool.exe <OVA-file-pathname> <OVF-file-pathname> Use a browser to access the vCloud Air web console, select your Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand location, and record the browser URL. You will use the URL information to complete the next step. The URL format is: https://<virtual-cloud-location>.vchs.vmware.com/compute/cloud/org/<vCloud-account-number>/#/catalogVAppTemplateList?catalog=<catalog-ID>. Import the OVF package, using the information from the vCloud Air URL to complete the <virtual-cloud-location>, <vCloud-account-number>, and <catalog-ID> variables. The other variables are your vCloud Air username and domain <user>@<domain>, a virtual data center <datacenter>, and a vCloud Air template <template>. ovftool.exe -st="OVF" " <OVF-file-pathname> " "vcloud:// <user>@<domain> :password@ <virtual-cloud-location> .vchs.vmware.com?vdc= <datacenter> &org= <vCloud-account-number> &vappTemplate= <template> .ovf&catalog=default-catalog"
    Install Panorama. Access the vCloud Air web console and select your Virtual Private Cloud OnDemand region. Create a Panorama virtual machine. For the steps, refer to Add a Virtual Machine from a Template in the vCloud Air Documentation Center. Configure the CPU, Memory and Storage as follows: Set the CPU and Memory based on how many firewalls Panorama will manage: 1-10 firewalls—4 CPUs and 4GB memory 11-50 firewalls—8 CPUs and 8GB memory 50-1,000 firewalls—8 CPUs and 16GB memory Set the Storage to at least 52GB. For better logging and reporting performance, select the SSD-Accelerated option. Panorama uses approximately 11GB for log storage. Increasing the disk size doesn’t increase the log storage capacity. To increase the log storage capacity, Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama in vCloud Air.
    Create vCloud Air NAT rules on the gateway to allow inbound and outbound traffic for the Panorama virtual appliance. Refer to Add a NAT Rule in the vCloud Air Documentation Center for the detailed instructions: Add a NAT rule that allows Panorama to receive traffic from the firewalls and allows administrators to access Panorama. Add a NAT rule that allows Panorama to retrieve updates from the Palo Alto Networks update server and to access the firewalls.
    Create a vCloud Air firewall rule to allow inbound traffic on the Panorama virtual appliance. Outbound traffic is allowed by default. Refer to Add a Firewall Rule in the vCloud Air Documentation Center for the detailed instructions.
    Power on the Panorama virtual appliance if it isn’t already on. In the vCloud Air web console, select the Virtual Machines tab, select the Panorama virtual machine, and click Power On. You are now ready to Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance.
    Support for VMware Tools on the Panorama Virtual Appliance
    VMware Tools is bundled with the software image (ovf) for the Panorama virtual appliance. The support for VMware Tools allows you to use the vSphere environment— vCloud Director and vCenter server—for the following:
    View the IP address assigned to the Panorama management interface. View resource utilization metrics on hard disk, memory, and CPU. You can use these metrics to enable alarms or actions on the vCenter server or vCloud Director. Graceful shutdown and restart of Panorama using the power off function on the vCenter server or vCloud Director. Enables a heartbeat mechanism between the vCenter server and Panorama for verifying that Panorama is functioning, or if the firewall/Panorama is rebooting. If the firewall goes into maintenance mode, heartbeats are disabled so that the vCenter server does not shut down the firewall. Disabling heartbeats allows the firewall to stay operational in maintenance mode when it cannot not send heartbeats to the vCenter server.
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