Table of Contents
Transfer Credits..............................................................................................................94
Renew Your Software NGFW Credits......................................................................96
Amend and Extend a Credit Pool.............................................................................. 97
Deactivate License (Software NGFW Credits)....................................................... 98
Delicense Ungracefully Terminated Firewalls...................................................... 100
Set the Number of Licensed vCPUs.......................................................................101
Customize Dataplane Cores..................................................................................... 102
Migrate a Firewall to a Flexible VM-Series License............................................103
Software NGFW Licensing API................................................................................107
VM-Series Models.................................................................................................................. 119
VM-Series System Requirements............................................................................120
CPU Oversubscription................................................................................................122
VM-50 Lite Mode....................................................................................................... 123
VM-Series Model License Types............................................................................. 124
Activate VM-Series Model Licenses.......................................................................135
Register the VM-Series Firewall..............................................................................141
Install a Device Certificate on the VM-Series Firewall...................................... 144
Switch Between the BYOL and the PAYG Licenses...........................................149
Switch Between VM-Series Model Licenses........................................................ 150
Deactivate License(s)..................................................................................................153
Renew VM-Series Firewall License Bundles.........................................................158
Install a License API Key........................................................................................... 160
Licensing API................................................................................................................ 161
What Happens When Licenses Expire?............................................................................ 167
Licenses for Cloud Security Service Providers (CSSPs)................................................. 170
Get the Auth Codes for CSSP License Packages.................................................170
Register the VM-Series Firewall with a CSSP Auth Code................................. 171
Add End-Customer Information for a Registered VM-Series Firewall............172
Set Up a VM-Series Firewall on an ESXi Server.................................... 177
Supported Deployments on VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi).............................. 178
VM-Series on ESXi System Requirements and Limitations.......................................... 179
VM-Series on ESXi System Requirements............................................................ 179
VM-Series on ESXi System Limitations................................................................. 180
Install a VM-Series firewall on VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi).......................... 181
Plan the Interfaces for the VM-Series for ESXi................................................... 181
Provision the VM-Series Firewall on an ESXi Server..........................................182
Perform Initial Configuration on the VM-Series on ESXi.................................. 185
Add Additional Disk Space to the VM-Series Firewall.......................................186
Use VMware Tools on the VM-Series Firewall on ESXi and vCloud Air........ 188
Use vMotion to Move the VM-Series Firewall Between Hosts.......................189
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