VM-Series System Requirements
Each instance of the VM-Series firewall requires a minimum
resource allocation—number of CPUs, memory, and disk space, on its
host server. Use the table below to verify that you allocate the
necessary hardware resources for your VM-Series model.
VM-Series Model | Supported Hypervisors | Supported vCPUs | Minimum Memory | Minimum Hard Drive |
---|---|---|---|---|
VM-50 | ESXi, Hyper-V, KVM | 2 |
| 32GB (60GB at boot) |
VM-100 VM-200 | AWS, Azure, ESXi, Google Cloud Platform,
Hyper-V, KVM, NSX-V, OCI, Alibaba Cloud, Cisco ACI, Cisco CSP, Cisco
ENCS | 2 | 6.5GB | 60GB |
VM-300 VM-1000-HV | AWS, Azure, ESXi, Google Cloud Platform,
Hyper-V, KVM, NSX-V, OCI, Alibaba Cloud, Cisco ACI, Cisco CSP, Cisco
ENCS, NSX-T (VM-300) | 2, 4 | 9GB | 60GB |
VM-500 | AWS, Azure, ESXi, Google Cloud Platform,
Hyper-V, KVM, NSX-V, OCI, Alibaba Cloud, Cisco ACI, Cisco CSP, NSX | 2, 4, 8 | 16GB | 60GB |
VM-700 | AWS, Azure, ESXi, Google Cloud Platform,
Hyper-V, KVM, OCI, Alibaba Cloud, Cisco ACI, Cisco CSP, NSX-T | 2, 4, 8, 16 | 56GB | 60GB |
You can enable Lite mode on the VM-50. Lite mode is an alternative
operating mode for environments where resources are limited. For
more information about Lite mode, see VM-50
Lite Mode.
To achieve the best performance, all of the needed cores
should be available on a single CPU socket.
For operation, the VM-50 firewall requires minimum 32GB
of hard drive space. However, because the VM-Series base image is
common to all models, you must allocate 60GB of hard drive space
until you license the VM-50.
The number of vCPUs assigned to the management plane and those
assigned to the dataplane differs depending on the total number
of vCPUs assigned to the VM-Series firewall. If you assign more
vCPUs than those officially supported by the license, any additional
vCPUs are assigned to the management plane.
Total vCPUs | Management Plane
vCPUs | Dataplane vCPUs |
---|---|---|
2 | 1 | 1 |
4 | 2 | 2 |
8 | 2 | 6 |
16 | 4 | 12 |
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