Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Virtual Getting Started Guide

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Verify the Virtual Machine Properties

Updated: February 5, 2026

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Overview

Learn how to verify and adjust virtual machine settings for Management Center Virtual before powering it on. Confirm CPU, memory, disk, and network adapter settings to ensure the appliance meets requirements and connects correctly to your management network.

Use the VMware Virtual Machine Properties dialog box to adjust the host resource allocation for the selected virtual machine. You can change CPU, memory, disk, and advanced CPU resources from this tab. You can also change the power-on connection setting, the MAC address, and the network connection for the virtual Ethernet adapter configuration for a virtual machine.

Procedure

1.

Right-click the name of your new virtual appliance, then choose Edit Settings from the context menu, or click Edit virtual machine settings from the Getting Started tab in the main window.

2.

Make sure the Memory, CPUs, and Hard disk 1 settings are set no lower than the defaults, as described in Default Virtual Appliance Settings, page 4.

The memory setting and the number of virtual CPUs for the appliance are listed on the left side of the window. To see the hard disk Provisioned Size, click Hard disk 1.
3.

Optionally, increase the memory and number of virtual CPUs by clicking the appropriate setting on the left side of the window, then making changes on the right side of the window.
4.

Confirm the Network adapter 1 settings are as follows, making changes if necessary:

  1. Under Device Status, enable the Connect at power on check box.

  2. Under MAC Address, manually set the MAC address for your virtual appliance’s management interface.

    Manually assign the MAC address to your virtual appliance to avoid MAC address changes or conflicts from other systems in the dynamic pool.

    Additionally, for Firewall Management Center Virtual, setting the MAC address manually ensures that you will not have to re-request licenses from Cisco if you ever have to reimage the appliance.

  3. Under Network Connection, set the Network label to the name of the management network for your virtual appliance.
5.

Click OK.

What to do next

  • Initialize the virtual appliance; see Power On and Initialize the Virtual Appliance.

  • Optionally, before you power on the appliance, you can create an additional management interface; see the Deploy the Management Center Virtual Using VMware chapter of Cisco Secure Firewall Management Center Virtual Getting Started Guide for more information.