What are the Components of the VM-Series for NSX Solution?
The following tables show the components of this joint
Palo Alto Networks and VMware solution. The following topics describe each
component in more detail:
VMware
Components | |
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The vCenter server is the centralized management
tool for the vSphere suite. | |
VMware's Networking and Security platform
must be installed and registered with the vCenter server. The NSX
Manager is required to deploy the VM-Series firewall on the ESXi
hosts within a ESXi cluster. | |
ESXi Server | ESXi is a hypervisor that enables compute
virtualization. |
See the Palo Alto Networks Compatibility
Matrix for supported software versions.
Palo
Alto Networks Components | |
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PAN-OS | The VM-Series base image (PA-VM-NSX-8.1.zip)
is used for deploying the VM-Series firewall for NSX with PAN-OS
8.1. The minimum system requirement for deploying the VM-Series
firewall for NSX on the ESXi server depends on your VM-Series model.
See VM-Series
System Requirements for the minimum hardware requirements
for your VM-Series model. |
Panorama
must be running the same release version or later version that the firewalls
that it will manage. | Panorama is the centralized management tool
for the Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewalls. In this solution,
Panorama works with the NSX Manager to deploy, license, and centrally
administer—configuration and policies—on the VM-Series firewall
for NSX. Panorama must be able to connect to the NSX Manager,
the vCenter server, the VM-Series firewalls and the Palo
Alto Networks update server. The resources required by Panorama
depend on the mode Panorama will run in: Legacy or Panorama ( recommended ).
New Panorama installations run in Panorama mode. Panorama installations
running in Legacy mode prior to upgrade remain in Legacy mode after
upgrading to 8.1. For more information about the modes and the requirements
associated with each mode, see Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance. In
Panorama Mode, set the memory, number of CPUs, and storage based
on the log storage capacity of Panorama:
In Legacy
Mode, set the memory and the number of cores based on the number
of firewalls that Panorama will manage:
|
The VM-100, VM-200, VM-300, VM-500, and
VM-1000-HV, support NSX. |
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