Pa-vm-esx-11.0.0.ova ^hot^ -

During the OVF deployment wizard, you must map the source networks defined in the OVA to your destination VMware vSphere Standard Switches (VSS) or Distributed Switches (VDS):

To deploy the firewall using the OVA, follow these standard steps:

Select the destination Datastore. Choose for performance-critical production systems, or Thin Provision for dev/test lab settings to save disk space. Pa-vm-esx-11.0.0.ova

The virtual machine created from the OVA will require certain resources, which can be allocated based on the model you are licensing. For PAN-OS 11.0.0, Palo Alto recommends increased memory allocations to accommodate new features.

Map the virtual networks defined in the OVA to your inventory network switches: During the OVF deployment wizard, you must map

Just deployed PA-VM-ESX-11.0.0.ova on ESXi – first impressions

: Right-click Host and select Create/Register VM . For PAN-OS 11

Right-click on your target Host, Cluster, or Resource Pool and select .

Choose , browse to select the downloaded PA-VM-ESX-11.0.0.ova file, and hit Next .

To achieve optimal performance from the VM-Series firewall, consider the following ESXi host adjustments before or after deployment: