Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Virtual Getting Started Guide

Overview

Updated: February 5, 2026

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Overview

An overview of supported OCI compute shapes for FMCv, including Intel and AMD options, memory, version requirements, and FMCv300 support. Reference these tables to select compatible shapes and images, understand oCPU-to-vCPU mapping, and review technical notes for optimal configuration and deployment in Oracle Cloud.

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

OCI Compute Shapes

A shape is a template that determines the number of CPUs, amount of memory, and other resources that are allocated to an instance. The Firewall Management Center Virtual support the following OCI shape types:

Table 1. Supported Compute Shapes for Firewall Management Center Virtual
OCI Shape	Supported Firewall Management Center Virtual version	Attributes
OCI Shape	Supported Firewall Management Center Virtual version	oCPUs	RAM (GB)
Intel VM.StandardB1.4	7.3.0 and later	4	48
Intel VM.Standard2.4	7.1.0 and later	4	60
Intel VM.Standard3.Flex	7.3.0 and later	4	32
Intel VM.Optimized3.Flex	7.3.0 and later	4	32
AMD VM.Standard.E4.Flex	7.3.0 and later	4	32
AMD VM.Standard.E5.Flex	7.6.4 only	4	32
AMD VM.Standard.E6.Flex	7.6.4 only	4	32

Recommendations for using the OCI Compute shapes supported by Firewall Management Center Virtual version 7.3 and later.

OCI marketplace image version 7.3.0-69-v3 and later are compatible only with the OCI compute shapes of Firewall Management Center Virtual 7.3 and later.
You can use the OCI compute shapes supported by Firewall Management Center Virtual 7.3 and later only for new deployments.
OCI compute shapes version 7.3.0-69-v3 and later are not compatible with upgrading VMs that are deployed with Firewall Management Center Virtual using the OCI compute shape versions earlier to Firewall Management Center Virtual 7.3.

Table 2. Supported Compute Shapes for Firewall Management Center Virtual 300 (FMCv300)
OCI Shape	Supported Firewall Management Center Virtual 300 version	Attributes
OCI Shape	Supported Firewall Management Center Virtual 300 version	oCPUs	RAM (GB)
VM.Standard2.16	7.1.0 and later	16	64 GB
Intel VM.Standard3.Flex	7.3.0 and later	16	64 GB
Intel VM.Optimized3.Flex	7.3.0 and later	16	64 GB
AMD VM.Standard.E4.Flex	7.3.0 and later	16	64 GB
AMD VM.Standard.E5.Flex	7.6.4 only	16	64 GB
AMD VM.Standard.E6.Flex	7.6.4 only	16	64 GB

Note

We recommend using the Flex compute shapes.

Note

Supported compute shapes availability may change by CSP.

In OCI, 1 oCPU is equal to 2 vCPU.
The Firewall Management Center Virtual requires 1 interface.

You create an account on OCI, launch a compute instance using the Firewall Management Center Virtual offering on the Oracle Cloud Marketplace, and choose an OCI shape.

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