Step 1
| Upload the
Cisco Virtual Security Gateway ISO image to the vCenter datastore.
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Step 2
| From the data
center in the vSphere Client menu, choose your ESXi host where you want to
install the Cisco VSG and choose
New
Virtual Machine.
For VM
requirements, see the
Host and VM Requirements.
For detailed
information about how to create a VM, see the VMware documentation.
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Step 3
| In the
Create
New Virtual Machine dialog box, do the following:
- Click
Custom to create a virtual machine.
- Click
Next.
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Step 4
| In the
Create
New Virtual Machine dialog box, do the following:
- In the
Name field, add a name for the Cisco VSG.
The Cisco
VSG name must be a unique name within the inventory folder and should be up to
80 characters.
- In the
Inventory Location field, choose your data center
and click
Next.
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Step 5
| In the
Datastore dialog box, choose your datastore from the
Select a
datastore and then click
Next.
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Step 6
| In the
Virtual
Machine Version dialog box, click the
Virtual
Machine Version.
Note
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Keep the
selected virtual machine version.
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Step 7
| In the
Guest
Operating System dialog box, do the following:
- Click the
Linux radio button.
- In the
Version field, choose
Other 2.6x Linux (32-bit) from the drop-down list
and click
Next.
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Step 8
| In the
CPUs dialog box, choose 1 socket with 2 cores or 2
sockets each with one core, and then click
Next.
By default,
the Cisco VSG virtual machine deployed with OVA has only one1 vCPU. You can
choose 2 vCPUs. For an older version of the ESX hosts, you can directly select
the number of vCPUs.
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Step 9
| In the
Memory dialog box, choose
2
GB memory size, and then click
Next.
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Step 10
| In the
Create
Network Connectors dialog box, do the following:
- In the
How
many NICs do you want to connect? field, choose
3 from the drop-down list.
- In the
Network area, choose
service,
management, and
HA port profiles in that sequence for the NIC 1, NIC
2, and NIC 3 from the drop-down list. Choose
VMXNET3 for the adapter type for NIC 1. Choose
E1000 for the adapter type for NIC 2 and NIC 3.
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Step 11
| Click
Next. The
SCSI
Controller dialog box opens.
The radio button
for the default SCSI controller is chosen.
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Step 12
| Click
Next. The
Select
a Disk dialog box opens.
The radio
button for the default disk is chosen.
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Step 13
| Click
Next. The
Create
a Disk dialog box opens.
The default
virtual disk size and policy is chosen.
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Step 14
| Click
Next. The
Advanced Options dialog box opens.
The default
options are chosen.
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Step 15
| Click
Next. The
Ready
to Complete dialog box opens.
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Step 16
| Review your
settings in the
Settings for the new virtual machine area.
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Step 17
| Check the
Edit
the virtual machine before completion check box and click
Continue to open a dialog box with the device
details.
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Step 18
| In the Work
pane, choose your
New
CD/DVD (adding) in the
Hardware area.
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Step 19
| Click
Datastore ISO File, and select your ISO file from
the drop-down list.
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Step 20
| In the work
pane, check the
Connect at power on check box and click
Finish.The
Summary
tab window opens.
The
Create virtual machine status completes.
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Step 21
| From the
vSphere Client menu, choose your recently installed
VM.
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Step 22
| In the work
pane, click
Power
on the virtual machine.
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Step 23
| Click the
Console tab to view the VM console. Wait for the
Install Virtual Firewall and bring up the new image to boot.
See the
Configuring Initial Settings section to configure the initial settings on the
Cisco VSG.
Note
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To allocate
additional RAM, right-click the
VM icon to power off the VM and then choose
from the dialog box. After the VM is powered
down, edit the configuration settings on the VM for controlling memory
resources.
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