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Licensing and Prerequisites for Virtual Systems Support on VM-Series

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Licensing and Prerequisites for Virtual Systems Support on VM-Series

PAN-OS 11.1.3 and later releases Licensing Requirements

The VM-Series firewall supports virtual systems only with flexible license with one virtual system by default. You must have a virtual system license to support multiple virtual systems. You can purchase additional licenses based on your requirement up to a maximum supported number on a particular Tier. For more information, see subscription and services.
Use a flexible VM-Series firewall license and Tier 3 or Tier 4 instances supporting a minimum of 16 vCPUs or more.
  • VM-Series in Tier 3 instance supports a maximum of 25 virtual systems.
  • VM-Series in Tier 4 instance, supports a maximum of 100 virtual systems.
For information on the maximum number for a particular object or resource that a single VM-Series firewall deployment can create, store, manage, or interact with based on allocated memory or tier, see Maximum Limits Based on Tier and Memory.

PAN-OS 11.1.3 and later releases Prerequisites

Ensure that you install the virtual system license on your VM-Series firewall, to add multiple virtual systems on your firewall web interface or on your Panorama console.