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.