Download the Firewall Management Center Virtual qcow2 file from software.cisco.com and put it on your Linux host:

https://software.cisco.com/download/navigator.html

A software.cisco.com and Cisco service contract are required.

The Firewall Management Center Virtual supports deployment on opensource OpenStack environment and Cisco VIM managed OpenStack environment.

Set up the OpenStack environment according to the OpenStack guidelines.

• See the opensource OpenStack document:

  Caracal Release - https://docs.openstack.org/project-deploy-guide/openstack-ansible/2024.1/overview.html

• See the Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager (VIM) OpenStack document: Cisco Virtualized Infrastructure Manager Documentation, 4.4.3.

Licensing:

• You configure license entitlements for the security services from the Firewall Management Center.

• See “Licensing the System” in the Secure Firewall Management Center Configuration Guide for more information about how to manage licenses.

Memory and resource requirements:

• Processors

  • Requires 4 vCPUs or 8 vCPUs

• Memory

  • Minimum required 28 GB / Recommended (default) 32 GB RAM

• Host storage per Virtual Machine

  • The Firewall Management Center Virtual requires 250 GB

Note

You can modify the vCPU and memory values as per your requirement.

Interface requirements:

• Management interface — One used to connect the device to the Firewall Management Center.

Communications paths:

• Floating IPs for access into the Firewall Management Center Virtual.

Minimum supported Firewall Management Center Virtual version:

• Version 7.0.

For OpenStack requirements, see System Requirements.

For Firewall Management Center Virtual and System compatibility, see Cisco Secure Firewall Threat Defense Compatibility Guide.