Set Up A Vm-Series Firewall On An Esxi Server - PaloAlto Networks VM series Deployment Manual

Set Up a VM-Series Firewall on an
ESXi Server
The VM-Series firewall is distributed using the Open Virtualization Format (OVF), which is a standard method
of packaging and deploying virtual machines. You can install this solution on any x86 device that is capable of
running VMware ESXi.
In order to deploy a VM-Series firewall you must be familiar with VMware and vSphere including vSphere
networking, ESXi host setup and configuration, and virtual machine guest deployment.
If you would like to automate the process of deploying a VM-Series firewall, you can create a gold standard
template with the optimal configuration and policies, and use the vSphere API and the PAN-OS XML API to
rapidly deploy new VM-Series firewalls in your network. For more information, see the article:
DataCenter Automation.
See the following topics for information on:
 Supported Deployments on VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)
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System Requirements and Limitations
 Install a VM-Series firewall on VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi)
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Troubleshoot ESXi Deployments
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