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Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance

Table of Contents

Complete the following tasks before you Install the Panorama Virtual Appliance (/content/techdocs/en_US/panorama/10-
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 Use your browser to access the Palo Alto Networks Customer Support web site
(https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/support/tabs/overview.html) and Register Panorama
(/content/techdocs/en_US/panorama/10-1/panorama-admin/set-up-panorama/register-panorama-and-install-
licenses/register-panorama.html#ida7cedf7f-3d4e-4b8d-aa27-e31e359c6962) You will need the Panorama serial
number that you received in the order fulfillment email. After registering Panorama, you can access the Panorama
software downloads page (https://support.paloaltonetworks.com/Updates/SoftwareUpdates).

 Review the supported Panorama hypervisors (https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/compatibility-

matrix/panorama/panorama-hypervisor-support) to verify the hypervisor meets the minimum version requirements to
deploy Panorama.

 If you will install Panorama on a VMware ESXi server, verify that the server meets the minimum requirements as listed in
the System Requirements for the Panorama Virtual Appliance. These requirements apply to Panorama 5.1 and later
releases. The requirements vary based on whether you will run the virtual appliance in Panorama mode or Management
Only mode. For details on the modes, see Panorama Models (/content/techdocs/en_US/panorama/10-1/panorama-
admin/panorama-overview/panorama-models.html#id6a2d6388-f727-45aa-ae7e-ef7599379871).

If you install Panorama on VMware vCloud Air, you set the system settings during installation.

Review the minimum resource requirements for deploying the Panorama virtual appliance on Alibaba Cloud, Amazon Web
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(Panorama, Management Only, or Log Collector). The minimum resource requirements for the Panorama virtual appliance are
designed to help you achieve the maximum number of logs per second (LPS) for log collection in Panorama and Log Collector
mode. If you add or remove virtual logging disks that results in a configuration that does not meet or exceed the number of
virtual logging disks recommended (below), your LPS will be reduced.

If the minimum resource requirements are not met for Panorama mode when you Install the Panorama Virtual Appliance
(/content/techdocs/en_US/panorama/10-1/panorama-admin/set-up-panorama/set-up-the-panorama-virtual-
appliance/install-the-panorama-virtual-appliance.html#idd9604ab1-1000-4e5a-90ce-a827c8ba266c), Panorama defaults to
Management Only mode for all supported public (Alibaba Cloud, AWS, AWS GovCloud, Azure, GCP, and OCI) and private
(Hyper-V, KVM, and VMware ESXi) hypervisors. If the minimum resource requirements are not met for Management Only
mode, Panorama defaults to Maintenance mode for all supported public hypervisors, Hyper-V, and KVM. If the minimum
resource requirements for Management Only mode are not met when you Install Panorama on VMware
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appliance/install-the-panorama-virtual-appliance/install-panorama-on-vmware.html#id17CCB0X05CE), Panorama defaults
to Legacy mode.

While still supported, Legacy mode is not recommended for production environments. Additionally, you
can no longer switch Panorama to Legacy mode. For more information on supported modes, see
Panorama Models (/content/techdocs/en_US/panorama/10-1/panorama-admin/panorama-
overview/panorama-models.html#id6a2d6388-f727-45aa-ae7e-ef7599379871).

System Requirements for the Panorama Virtual Appliance

PANORAMA VIRTUAL PANORAMA VIRTUAL PANORAMA VIRTUAL

REQUIREMEN APPLIANCE IN MANAGEMENT APPLIANCE IN PANORAMA APPLIANCE IN LOG
TS ONLY MODE MODE COLLECTOR MODE

Virtual
VMware ESXi and vCloud Air—64-bit kernel-based VMware ESXi 6.0, 6.5, 6.7, or 7.0. The supported
hardware
version of the virtual hardware family type (also known as the VMware virtual hardware version) on
version
the ESXi server is vmx-10

The Panorama virtual appliance for ESXi does not support the following:

Creation of quiesced snapshots.

Disable Quiesce guest file system in the vSphere client or set the quiesce flag
to 0 or false in the vSphere CLI before creating a snapshot of your virtual
Panorama appliance.

VMware vMotion to migrate a Panorama virtual appliance from one ESXi server
to another.

Hyper-V—Windows Server 2016 with Hyper-V role or Hyper-V 2016, or Windows Server 2019 with
Hyper-V role or Hyper-V 2019

Windows Server 2022 with Hyper-V role or Hyper-V 2022 is not supported.

KVM—Ubuntu version 16.04 or CentOS7

In Panorama mode, the virtual appliance running on any ESXi version supports up to 12 virtual logging
disks with 2TB of log storage each, for a total maximum capacity of 24TB.

( VMware ESXi and vCloud Air only ) In Legacy mode, the virtual appliance supports one virtual logging
disk. ESXi 5.5 and later versions supports one disk of up to 8TB. Earlier ESXi versions support one disk of
up to 2TB.

( ESXi and To install the Panorama virtual appliance and manage its resources, you must install a VMware vSphere
vCloud Air Client or VMware Infrastructure Client that is compatible with your ESXi server.
only )
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REQUIREMEN APPLIANCE IN MANAGEMENT APPLIANCE IN PANORAMA APPLIANCE IN LOG
TS ONLY MODE MODE COLLECTOR MODE

System disk
Default—81GB

( ESXi and GCP only ) Upgraded—224GB

An upgraded system disk is required for SD-WAN.

( Panorama and Log Collector mode ) An upgraded system disk is required if you added more than 8
logging disks.

For log storage, Panorama uses virtual logging disks instead of the system disk or an NFS datastore.

Panorama must be initially installed with the Default system disk size, with the option to increase the
system disk size (/content/techdocs/en_US/panorama/10-1/panorama-admin/set-up-panorama/set-up-
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initial installation.

CPUs, The minimum resources below are The minimum resources below
Manage up to 500 managed
memory, and required to achieve the specified are required to achieve the
devices
logging disks logging rate. specified logging rate.
16 CPUs
Up to 10,000 logs/sec (LPS): Up to 15,000 log/sec (LPS)
32GB memory
16 CPUs 16 CPUs
Local log storage not
Based on your logging Based on your logging
supported
needs: needs:
Manage up to 1,000
2x2TB logging disks, 2x2TB logging disks,
managed devices
32GB memory 32GB memory
32 CPUs
4x2TB logging disks, 4x2TB logging disks,
128GB memory 64GB memory or more 64GB memory or
more
Local log storage not Manage up to 500
supported managed devices Up to 25,000 logs/sec (LPS)

To manage more than 1,000 Up to 20,000 log/sec (LPS) 32 CPUs

firewalls, see Increased
32 CPUs 128GB memory
Device Management
Capacity Requirements 128GB memory 8x2TB logging disks
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TS ONLY MODE MODE COLLECTOR MODE

Minimum The minimum resources below do not take LPS into consideration and
16 CPUs
CPUs and are only required for the Panorama virtual appliance to function based
memory 32GB memory on the number of logging disks added. Palo Alto Networks
recommends you refer to the recommended resources above.

For larger Panorama deployments, be aware that you may be under-

provisioning your Panorama. This may lead to impacted performance
and may cause Panorama to become unresponsive depending on the
number of firewalls managed, the configuration size, the number of
administrators logged in to Panorama, and the volume of logs
ingested.

2TB to 8TB—16 CPUs, 32GB memory

10TB to 24TB— 16 CPUs, 64GB memory

Log storage Panorama in Management Only 2TB to 24TB 2TB to 24TB

capacity mode requires log forwarding to
a Dedicated Log Collector.

Supported Interfaces

Interfaces can be used for device management, log collection, Collector Group communication, licensing and software
updates. The Panorama virtual appliance supports up to six interfaces (MGT and Eth1 - Eth5).

Supported interfaces for public hypervisors

GOOGLE
CLOUD
ALIBABA AMAZON WEB SERVICES MICROSOFT PLATFORM
FUNCTION CLOUD (AWS) AND AWS GOVCLOUD AZURE (GCP) OCI

Device Any interface Any interface Any interface Any interface Any interface Any interface
Management supported supported supported supported supported supported

Device Log Any interface Any interface Any interface Any interface Any interface Any interface
Collection supported supported supported supported supported supported

Collector Group Any interface Any interface Any interface Any interface Any interface Any interface
Communication supported supported supported supported supported supported

Licensing and MGT interface MGT interface MGT interface MGT interface MGT interface MGT interface
Software only only only only only only
Updates

Supported Interfaces for Private Hypervisors

VMWARE (ESXI,
FUNCTION KVM HYPER-V
VCLOUD AIR)
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