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VM-Series Deployment Guide

Provision the VM-Series Firewall on a Hyper-V host with PowerShell

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Use these instructions to deploy the VM-Series firewall on Hyper-V using PowerShell.

Download the VHDX file.
Register your VM-Series firewall and obtain the VHDX file.
1. Go to https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/services/support.
2. Filter by PAN-OS for VM-Series Base Images and download the VHDX file. For example, PA-VM-HPV-7.1.0.vhdx.
Set up any vSwitch(es) that you will need.
Create a vSwitch by using the following commands. Give the vSwitch a name and choose the switch type.
```
> New-VMSwitch -Name <"switch-name"> -SwitchType <switch-type>
```
Install the VM-Series firewall.
1. Create the new virtual machine and set the memory based on the VM-Series System Requirements of your VM-Series model.
```
> NEW-VM -Name <vm-name> -MemoryStartupBytes 4GB -VHDPath <file-path-to-vhdx> 
```
2. Set processor count based on the VM-Series System Requirements of your VM-Series model.
```
> SET-VMProcessor –VMName <vm-name> –Count 2 
```
Connect at least one network adapter for the management interface on the firewall.
Connect the default network adapter created during VM creation to management vSwitch.
```
> connect-VMNetworkAdapter -vmname <vm-name> -Name <"network-adapter-name"> -SwitchName <"management-vswitch">
```
(Optional) Enable MAC address spoofing on Hyper-V if you are not using Layer 3 with hypervisor assigned MAC address.
```
> Set-VMNetworkAdapter -vmname <vm-name> -Name <"network-adapter-name"> -MacAddressSpoofing On
```
Power on the firewall.
For example:
```
> Start-VM -vmname <vm-name>
```