Network Security Manager On-Premises Getting Started Guide

Capacity Requirements

To be used efficiently, NSM recommends the following minimum requirements for the different platforms.

Platform Version Number of Firewalls Minimum Configuration
VMware

ESXi 7.0

ESXi 8.0

1-500 4 core, 24 GB RAM
500-3000 8 core, 48 GB RAM
Hyper-V

Windows 2019

Windows 2022

1-500 4 core, 24 GB RAM
500-3000 8 core, 48 GB RAM

KVM

Linux Kernel 2.6.17 or above

Before installing KVM on Ubuntu, you have to verify if the hardware supports KVM. Availability of CPU virtualization extensions such as AMD-V and Intel-VT is the minimum requirement for installing KVM.

1-500 4 core, 24 GB RAM
500-3000 8 core, 48 GB RAM
Azure

Standard_D4_v2

Standard_D5_v2
1-500 8 core, 28 GB RAM
500-3000 16 core, 56 GB RAM

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