Citrix Hypervisor
You can deploy the Sophos Firewall virtual appliance on Citrix Hypervisor.
Requirements
Check the vendor documentation to make sure you deploy your virtual firewall using a current, supported platform, operating system, and management tool.
The requirements are as follows:
- You must have Citrix Hypervisor installed in your network.
- You must install the XenCenter application on a management device to manage Citrix Hypervisor.
For instructions, see Install Citrix Hypervisor and XenCenter.
System requirements
Sophos Firewall goes into fail-safe mode if you don't meet the minimum requirements.
The system requirements are as follows:
Hardware | Specification |
---|---|
vCPU | 1 |
vRAM | 4 GB minimum |
vNIC | 2 |
Primary disk | 16 GB minimum |
Report disk | 80 GB minimum |
Licensing and resources
Configure the vCPU and vRAM based on the purchased license. Don't exceed the maximum number of vCPUs and vRAM specified in the license.
When you increase the vCPU and vRAM for virtual appliances, we recommend also increasing the size of the report disk to support additional log entries.
Backup and restore
We don't support firewall backups created using a virtual platform vendor's backup tools. See Backup and restore cloud and virtual firewalls.