06-26-2023 09:57 AM - edited 06-26-2023 10:12 AM
Hello!
I reached out to receive a trial for the VM-Series NGFW so I could practice/lab out some configs during my certification path. I have followed all of the instructions provided, confirmed ESXi version was fine, increased vCPU and RAM allocated following the sizing guide, and tried being patient, but multiple attempts at getting the VM-series firewall to boot have been unsuccessful. I have tried on multiple hosts as well (a Dell R720 running ESXi 8 as well as a spare computer running ESXi 8).
I am aware there are 3 prompts for login during the initialization phase and the VM seems to keep getting stuck at the second one (PA-HDF). I know the initialization can take a while, but we are officially at 24 hours on my 4th attempt on the second host, so I feel like either I am missing something or something else is wrong. Any ideas are appreciated!
Another note is that I can ping and start an SSH session with the DHCP received address on one of the 3 interfaces, but logging in there also does not work.
Current VM Info:
OVA: PA-VM-ESX-10.2.5.vm_eval.ova
vCPU: 8 (also tried vm-100 and vm-300 series specs)
RAM: 16 GB
Storage: 60 GB
