Serial Number and CPU ID Format for the VM-Series Firewall

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Serial Number and CPU ID Format for the VM-Series Firewall

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 (Support Portal) 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

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 (Support Portal) 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

When you launch an instance of the VM-Series firewall, each instance of the firewall is uniquely identified using the CPU ID and serial number of the firewall. The CPU ID format and the serial number include information on the hypervisor and the license type for each instance of the VM-Series firewall.

With the usage-based licensing model of the VM-Series firewalls, at launch the firewall generates a serial number and CPU ID, and you use these details to Register the Usage-Based Model of the VM-Series Firewall for Public Clouds (no auth code).
With the BYOL model, you can register a VM-Series Firewall fixed model or a VM-Series firewall with a flexible license on the Customer Support Portal (Support Portal).
- For a firewall with direct internet access, you can apply the auth code on the firewall to generate a license file that includes the serial number.
- For a firewall that’s offline, you must use the Support Portal to input the CPU ID, UUID, and the auth code to generate a license file that includes the serial number. You can then install the license on the firewall.

License Type	Serial Number	CPU ID
BYOL	15 digits, all numeric Example: 0071 51 345678909	<Hypervisor>:<ActualCPUID> Example: ESX:12345678
PAYG	15 digits, alphanumeric Example: 4 DE0YTAYOGMYYTN	<Hypervisor>:<Instance-ID>:<CloudProductCode>:<CloudRegion> Example: AWSMP:1234567890abcdef0: 6kxdw3bbmdeda 3o6i1ggqt4km:us-west1

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Serial Number and CPU ID Format for the VM-Series Firewall

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