Provision the VM-Series Firewall on a Hyper-V host with PowerShell

Download the VHDX file.

Register your VM-Series firewall and obtain the VHDX file.

Go to https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/services/support.
Filter by
PAN-OS for VM-Series Base Images
and download the VHDX file. For example, PA-VM-HPV-7.1.0.vhdx
.

Set up any vSwitch(es) that you will need.

Create a vSwitch by using the following commands. Give the vSwitch a name and choose the switch type.

> 
New-VMSwitch -Name 
<"switch-name"> -SwitchType 
<switch-type>

Install the VM-Series firewall.

Create the new virtual machine and set the memory based on the VM-Series System Requirements of your VM-Series model.

> 
NEW-VM -Name 
<vm-name> -MemoryStartupBytes 4GB -VHDPath 
<file-path-to-vhdx> 

Set processor count based on the VM-Series System Requirements of your VM-Series model.

> 
SET-VMProcessor –VMName 
<vm-name> –Count 2 

Connect at least one network adapter for the management interface on the firewall.

Connect the default network adapter created during VM creation to management vSwitch.

> 
connect-VMNetworkAdapter -vmname 
<vm-name> -Name 
<"network-adapter-name"> -SwitchName 
<"management-vswitch">

(

Optional

) Enable MAC address spoofing on Hyper-V if you are not using Layer 3 with hypervisor assigned MAC address.

> 
Set-VMNetworkAdapter -vmname 
<vm-name> -Name 
<"network-adapter-name"> -MacAddressSpoofing On

Power on the firewall.

For example:

> 
Start-VM -vmname 
<vm-name>