About the VM-Series Firewall The Palo Alto Networks VM-Series firewall is the virtualized form of the Palo Alto Networks next-generation firewall. It is positioned for use in a virtualized or cloud environment where it can protect and secure east-west and north-south traffic.
VM-Series firewall. The Enterprise version is available in multiples of 25. For example, the orderable SKU PAN-VM-100-ENT has a single auth-code that allows you to register 25 instances of the VM-100. Each model of the VM-Series firewall is licensed for a maximum capacity. Capacity is defined in terms of the number of sessions, rules, security zones, address objects, IPSec VPN tunnels and SSL VPN tunnels that the VM-Series firewall is optimized to handle.
The VM-Series firewall can be deployed on the following platforms: VM-Series for VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) VM-100, VM-200, VM-300, or VM-1000-HV is deployed as guest virtual machine on VMware ESXi; ideal for cloud or networks where virtual form factor is required. For details, see Set Up a VM-Series Firewall on an ESXi Server.
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Set Up the VM-Series Firewall in AWS. VM-Series for Kernel Virtualization Module (KVM) VM-100, VM-200, VM-300, or VM-1000-HV can be deployed on a Linux server that is running the KVM hypervisor. For details, see Set Up the VM-Series Firewall on KVM.
To use the authorization code(s), you must register the code to the support account on the Palo Alto Network support portal. If you have an existing support account, you can access the...
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Panorama to obtain the license. Therefore, you need to make sure that Panorama has internet access and can connect to the Palo Alto Networks update server to retrieve the licenses. For an overview of the components and requirements for deploying the VM-Series NSX edition firewall, see VM-Series NSX Edition Firewall Overview.
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