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Panorama
6.1
Administrator’s
Guide
©
Palo
Alto
Networks,
Inc.
Set
Up
the
Panorama
Virtual
Appliance
Set
Up
Panorama
Set
Up
the
Panorama
Virtual
Appliance
The
Panorama
virtual
appliance
consolidates
the
Panorama
management
and
logging
functions
into
a
single
virtual
appliance.
This
solution
enables
use
of
an
existing
VMware
virtual
infrastructure
to
easily
deploy
and
centrally
administer
and
monitor
the
Palo
Alto
Networks
firewalls
in
your
network
as
described
in
the
following
sections:
Setup
Prerequisites
for
the
Panorama
Virtual
Appliance
Complete
the
following
tasks
before
you
Verify
that
your
server
meets
the
minimum
system
requirements
for
installing
Panorama.
These
requirements
apply
to
Panorama
5.1
and
later
releases.
You
cannot
use
the
Panorama
virtual
appliance
as
a
dedicated
Log
Collector.
Only
an
M
‐
100
appliance
in
Log
Collector
mode
provides
dedicated
log
collection
capabilities
(see
).
However,
you
can
use
the
Panorama
virtual
appliance
to
manage
a
dedicated
Log
Collector.
These
topics
assume
you
are
familiar
with
the
VMware
products
required
to
create
the
virtual
appliance,
and
don’t
cover
VMware
concepts
or
terminology.
Prerequisites
for
the
Panorama
Virtual
Appliance
•
64
‐
bit
kernel
‐
based
VMware
ESX(i)
5.1
or
5.5
•
A
client
computer
with
one
of
the
following:
VMware
vSphere
Client
or
VMware
Infrastructure
Client
that
is
compatible
with
your
ESX(i)
server
•
Use
the
following
guidelines
for
allocating
CPU
and
memory:
–
1
‐
10
managed
firewalls:
4
cores
and
4GB
–
11
‐
50
managed
firewalls:
8
cores
and
8GB
–
More
than
50
managed
firewalls:
8
cores
and
16GB
•
40GB
disk
space
Panorama
allocates
approximately
11GB
for
log
storage.
Increasing
the
disk
space
doesn’t
increase
the
log
storage
capacity.
To
you
must
add
a
virtual
disk
or
set
up
access
to
a
Network
File
System
(NFS)
datastore
.
VMware
concepts
and
terminology
are
not
covered
in
this
document.
This
guide
assumes
familiarity
with
the
VMware
suite
of
products
that
are
required
to
create
the
virtual
appliance.