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VMware ESXi 6.0 and PA VMs

caleb_sexton — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 01:11:19 GMT

Is VMware ESXi with vSphere 6.0 supported?

The technical documentation for the 6.1 virtual appliances states: "VMware ESXi with vSphere 5.0, 5.1, and 5.5 for VM-Series running PAN-OS 6.1."

And the 7.0 documentation states: "VMware ESXi with vSphere 5.1 or 5.5 for VM-Series running PAN-OS 7.0."

I've not found any information regarding ESXi 6.0 in any of the community or the technical documentation sections of PA Support.

Re: VMware ESXi 6.0 and PA VMs

pulukas — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 10:09:02 GMT

VMware just released ESXi 6 in May. It generally takes PA a few months to verify all is well and add official support for the new versions.

If you need official answers and dates, you will need to contact your Palo Alto sales engineer. Palo Alto never makes any roadmap or future release statements in any public forum.

Re: VMware ESXi 6.0 and PA VMs

jvalentine — Thu, 11 Jun 2015 15:20:27 GMT

Anecdotally, I can say that a VM-300 works in vSphere 6.0 based on my limited testing, but this is not an official claim of support. Steven is correct that you should work with your local Palo Alto Networks systems engineer to discuss timeframes for official support.

Re: VMware ESXi 6.0 and PA VMs

errevisystem — Wed, 24 Feb 2016 21:11:39 GMT

VM-100 confirmed to be working too.

Re: VMware ESXi 6.0 and PA VMs

Retired Member — Fri, 26 Feb 2016 10:27:38 GMT

VMware ESXi 6.0 is supported for PAN-OS-7.0.x

https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/content/dam/pan/en_US/assets/pdf/framemaker/70/virtualization/Virtualization.pdf

From the document:

The VM-Series firewall has the following requirements:
 VMware ESXi with vSphere 5.1, 5.5, or 6.0 for VM-Series running PAN-OS 7.0. Note that the minimum
supported version of the virtual hardware family type (also known as the VMware virtual hardware version)
on the ESXi server is vmx-09.