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Deploy the VM-Series Firewall on Cisco CSP

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Deploy the VM-Series Firewall on Cisco CSP

Complete the following procedure to deploy the VM-Series firewall on Cisco CSP.

Download the VM-Series qcow2 base image file from the Customer Support Portal.
Create a bootstrap ISO file for the VM-Series firewall.
1. Create a Bootstrap Package for your VM-Series firewall.
2. Create an ISO file containing the bootstrap package using your preferred tool.
Log in to the Cisco CSP web interface.
Upload the VM-Series firewall qcow2 image and ISO file.
1. Select ConfigurationRepository.
2. Click the plus (+) icon.
3. Click Browse and navigate to your qcow2 file.
4. Click Upload.
5. Click Browse and navigate to your ISO file.
6. Click Upload.
Create the VM-Series firewall service.
1. Enter a descriptive Name for the VM-Series firewall.
2. Select the Target Host Name from the drop-down.
3. Select the qcow2 file you uploaded from the Image Name drop-down.
4. Select the Day Zero Config.
  1. Click the Day Zero Config plus (+) icon.
  2. Select the bootstrap ISO file from the Source File Name drop-down.
  3. Click Submit.
5. Allocate the number of cores and memory required for your VM-Series firewall model.
6. Add enough vNICs to support the number of VM-Series interfaces configured in your bootstrap ISO file.
See the Cisco Cloud Service Platform documentation for more information about creating and deploying a service instance.
After the bootstrap process is complete, log in to your VM-Series firewall using the management IP address your specified in the bootstrap ISO file.
The firewall should be up and configure based on the parameters you defined in the bootstrap package.

VM-Series on Cisco CSP System Requirements

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