VM-Series on KVM— Requirements and Prerequisites
Requirements | Description |
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Hardware Resources | See VM-Series
System Requirements for the minimum hardware requirements
for your VM-Series model. |
Software Versions | See the Compatibility Matrix for
supported KVM software versions. |
Network Interfaces—Network Interface Cards
and Software Bridges | The VM-Series on KVM supports a total of
25 interfaces— 1 management interface and a maximum of 24 network
interfaces for data traffic. VM-Series deployed on KVM supports
software-based virtual switches such as the Linux bridge or the
Open vSwitch bridge, and direct connectivity to PCI passthrough
or an SR-IOV capable adapter. If you plan to establish connectivity
using PCI-passthrough or SR-IOV, you cannot configure a vSwitch
on the physical port used for SR-IOV or PCI-passthrough. To communicate
with the host and other virtual machines on the network, the VM-Series
firewall must have exclusive access to the physical port and associated
virtual functions (VFs) on that interface.
|
Data Plane Development Kit (DPDK) Support | DPDK is enabled by default on VM-Series
firewalls on KVM if one of the following NIC drivers is used:
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