Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Virtual Getting Started Guide

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Overview

Updated: February 5, 2026

Overview

An overview of supported Google Cloud Platform machine types for Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Virtual. Learn about the required vCPU and memory specifications for compute-optimized and general-purpose instances to ensure compatibility and optimal performance when deploying your virtual management center.

The Firewall Management Center Virtual runs the same software as physical the Firewall Management Center to deliver proven security functionality in a virtual form factor. The Firewall Management Center Virtual can be deployed in the public GCP. It can then be configured to manage virtual and physical devices.

GCP Machine Type Support

The Firewall Management Center Virtual supports both compute-optimized and general purpose machine high-memory machine types, and high-CPU machine types. The Firewall Management Center Virtual supports the following GCP machine types.

Note

Supported machine types may change without notice.

Note

Machine type selection is restricted. The user can choose only machine types that are supported for the specific Firewall Management Center Virtual version selected.

Table 1. Supported Compute-Optimized Machine Types

Compute-Optimized Machine Types

Attributes

vCPUs

RAM (GB)

c2d-standard-8

8

32 GB

c2d-standard-16

16

64 GB

Table 2. Supported General Purpose Machine Types

General Purpose Machine Types

Attributes

vCPUs

RAM (GB)

e2-standard-8

8

32

e2-standard-16

16

64

e2-highmem-8

8

64

e2-highmem-16

16

128

n1-highmem-8

8

52

n1-highmem-16

16

104

n2d-standard-8

8

32

n2d-standard-16

16

64