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VM-Series
Deployment
Guide
Troubleshoot ESXi Deployments
Set Up a VM-Series Firewall on an ESXi Server
The vmdk extension is for the virtual disk image file.
The virtual disk in the OVF is large for the VM-Series; this file is nearly 900MB and must be present on the
computer running the vSphere client or must be accessible as a URL for the OVF. Make sure the network
connection is sufficient between the vSphere client computer and the target ESXi host. Any firewalls in the
path will need to allow TCP ports 902 and 443 from the vSphere client to the ESXi host(s).There needs to
be sufficient bandwidth and low latency on the connection otherwise the OVF deployment can take hours
or timeout and fail.
Why does the firewall boot into maintenance mode?
If you have purchased the VM-1000-HV license and are deploying the VM-Series firewall in standalone mode
on a VMware ESXi server or on a Citrix SDX server, you must allocate a minimum of 5GB memory to the
VM-Series firewall.
To fix this issue, you must either modify the base image file (see
How do I modify the base image file for the
VM-1000-HV license?
) or edit the settings on the ESXi host or the vCenter server before you power on the
VM-Series firewall.
Also, verify that the interface is VMXnet3; setting the interface type to any other format will cause the firewall
to boot into maintenance mode.
How do I modify the base image file for the VM-1000-HV license?
If you have purchased the VM-1000-HV license and are deploying the VM-Series firewall in standalone mode
on a VMware ESXi server or on a Citrix SDX server, use these instructions to modify the following attributes
that are defined in the base image file (.ovf or .xva) of the VM-Series firewall.
Important: Modifying the values other than those listed hereunder will invalidate the base image file.
Modify the base image file (only if using the VM-1000-HV license in standalone mode)
Step 1
Open the base image file, for example 6.0.0, with a text editing tool such as notepad.
Step 2
Search for 4096 and change the memory allocated to 5012 (that is 5 GB) here:
<Item>
<rasd:AllocationUnits>byte * 2^20</rasd:AllocationUnits>
<rasd:Description>Memory Size</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>4096MB of memory</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>2</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceType>4</rasd:ResourceType>
<rasd:VirtualQuantity>
4096
</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
<Item>
<rasd:AllocationUnits>byte * 2^20</rasd:AllocationUnits>
<rasd:Description>Memory Size</rasd:Description>
<rasd:ElementName>5102MB of memory</rasd:ElementName>
<rasd:InstanceID>2</rasd:InstanceID>
<rasd:ResourceType>5</rasd:ResourceType>
<rasd:VirtualQuantity>
5012
</rasd:VirtualQuantity>
