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VM-Series
Deployment
Guide
Deploy the VM-Series Firewall
Set Up a VM-Series NSX Edition Firewall
Deploy the Palo Alto Networks NGFW Service
Use the following steps to automate the process of deploying an instance of the VM-Series NSX edition firewall
on each ESXi host in the specified cluster.
Deploy the Palo Alto Networks NGFW Service
Step 1
Select
Networking and Security > Installation > Service Deployments
.
Step 2
Click
New Service Deployment
(green plus icon), and select the
Palo Alto Networks NGFW
service. Click
Next.
Step 3
Select the
Datacenter
and the cluster(s) on which the service will be deployed. One instance of the firewall will
be deployed on each host in the selected cluster(s).
Step 4
Select the datastore from which to allocate disk space for the firewall. Select one of the following options
depending on your deployment:
•
If you have allocated shared storage for the cluster, select an available shared datatore.
•
If you have not allocated shared storage for the cluster, select the
Specified-on-host
option. Be sure to select
the storage on each ESXi host in the cluster. Also select the network that will be used for the management
traffic on the VM-Series firewall.
Step 5
Select the port group that provides management network traffic access to the firewall.