Specifications

2 VM-Series Deployment Guide
VM-Series Models About the VM-Series Firewall
VM-Series Models
The VM-Series firewall is available in four models—VM-100, VM-200, VM-300, and VM-1000-HV.
All four models can be deployed as guest virtual machines on VMware ESXi and on Citrix NetScaler SDX; on
VMWare NSX, only the VM-1000-HV is supported. The software package (.xva or .ovf file) that is used to deploy
the VM-Series firewall is common across all models. The VM-Series model is driven by license; when you apply
the license on the VM-Series firewall, the model number and the associated capacities are implemented on the
firewall.
Each model can be purchased as an Individual or an Enterprise version. The Individual version is in multiples
of 1. The orderable SKU, for example PA-VM-300, includes an auth-code to license one instance of the
VM-Series firewall. The Enterprise version is available in multiples of 25. For example, the orderable SKU
PAN-VM-100-ENT has a single auth-code that allows you to register 25 instances of the VM-100.
Each model of the VM-Series firewall is licensed for a maximum capacity. Capacity is defined in terms of the
number of sessions, rules, security zones, address objects, IPSec VPN tunnels and SSL VPN tunnels that the
VM-Series firewall is optimized to handle. When purchasing a license, make sure to purchase the correct model
for your network requirements. The following table depicts some of the capacity differences by model:
For information on the platforms on which you can deploy the VM-Series firewall, see VM-Series Deployments.
For general information, see About the VM-Series Firewall.
Model Sessions Security
Rules
Dynamic IP
Addresses
Security Zones IPSec VPN
Tunnels
SSL VPN
Tunnels
VM-100 50000 250 1000 10 25 25
VM-200 100000 2000 1000 20 500 200
VM-300 250000 5000 1000 40 2000 500
VM-1000-HV 250000 10000 100000 40 2000 500