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    Use Strata Cloud Manager to Manage VM-Series

    Learn how to activate a Software NGFW Credits license of Strata Cloud Manager for NGFW on a tenant through Common Services.
    Where Can I Use This?What Do I Need?
    • VM-Series deployment
    • VM-Series 10.x or above
    • Panorama running PAN-OS 10.1.x or above versions
    • Customer Support Portal (CSP) account with one of the following user roles:
      • Superuser, Standard User, Limited User, Threat Researcher, AutoFocus Trial Role, Group superuser, Group Standard User, Group Limited User, Group Threat Researcher, Authorized Support Center (ASC) User, and ASC Full Service User.
      • Superuser access to the VM-Series firewall
    Use Strata Cloud Manager to manage VM-Series.
    1. After you create a deployment profile on the Customer Support Portal (CSP) for VM-Series for Strata Cloud Manager, then you can activate your subscription.
      If you have enrolled to a cloud service subscription (consisting of IoT, SaaS Inline, Strata Cloud Manager, Strata Cloud Manager Pro, and Strata Logging Service), you will need to activate additional licenses on your tenants after you create a deployment profile on the Customer Support Portal. For more information, see activate the deployment profile.
    2. After the profile is complete in the CSP, select Finish Setup. This redirects you to the hub Subscription & Add-ons, where you select Activate Now to activate the subscription for your product.
    3. Select the Customer Support Account number that you want to use to manage the subscription.
    4. Select a Tenant or create a tenant where you want to apply this subscription.
    5. Select a Region storage location for the data logs, known as Strata Logging Service.
    6. Select the deployment profile that you created, Agree to the terms and conditions, and Activate.
    7. Tenant Management displays the following:
      • Licensed Products displays the products associated with the tenant, including the status of the license activation, such as initializing, associating, or complete.
      • Deployment Profiles displays the deployment profiles associated with the tenant, including the status of the association, such as pending or complete.
    8. After the status of the license activation is complete, which can take up to five minutes,
      • Go to the CSP to register the firewall.
      • Use the auth code while bringing up a VM. The auth code is associated with this consumption model. When the license database sees the auth code request come in from the VM, it will automatically call hub with this information. At this point, the new VM serial number will be added to the TSG associated with the deployment profiles for Software NGFW.
      • Go to the hub Common ServicesDevice Associations tab to see the firewall devices: Device Associations.
    9. After the status is complete, you can launch Strata Cloud Manager for NGFW from the hub Common ServicesTenant Management.
    10. Get started with Strata Cloud Manager for NGFW.
    11. (Optional) Manage identity and access.

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