Specifications

14 VM-Series Deployment Guide
Install a VM-Series firewall on VMware vSphere Hypervisor (ESXi) Set Up a VM-Series Firewall on an ESXi Server
Step 2 Before deploying the OVF template, set
up virtual standard switch(es) and virtual
distributed switch(es) that you will need
for the VM-Series firewall.
Note If you are deploying the VM-Series
firewall with layer 2, virtual wire, or tap
interfaces, any attached virtual switch
must allow the following modes (set to
Accept):
– Promiscuous mode
– MAC address changes
– Forged transmits
– For details, see here
To configure a virtual standard switch to receive frames for the
VM-Series firewall:
1. Configure a virtual standard switch from the vSphere Client by
navigating to
Home > Inventory > Hosts and Clusters.
2. Click the
Configuration tab and under Hardware click
Networking. For each VM-Series firewall attached virtual
switch, click on
Properties.
3. Highlight the virtual switch and click
Edit. In the vSwitch
properties, click the
Security tab and set Promiscuous Mode,
MAC Address Changes
and Forged Transmits to Accept and
then click
OK. This change will propagate to all port groups on
the virtual switch.
To configure a virtual distributed switch to receive frames for
the VM-Series firewall:
1. Select
Home > Inventory > Networking. Highlight the
Distributed Port Group you want to edit and select the
Summary tab.
2. Click
Edit Settings and select Policies > Security and set
Promiscuous Mode, MAC Address Changes and Forged
Transmits
to Accept and then click OK.
Provision a VM-Series Firewall (Continued)