Nutanix Prism
You can install the Sophos Firewall virtual appliance on the Nutanix Prism platform.
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:
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The AHV cluster must be running the following AOS (Acropolis), AHV, and Prism Central (PC) versions:
- AOS version: 6.5.x and later LTS release
- AHV version: AHV version bundled with AOS
- PC version: PC versions compatible with the AOS version
- Nutanix AHV cluster registered to PC
- Partner VA version: Latest GA (LTS) release
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 |
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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.