Palo Alto Firewall Essentials GW Pod and Firewall Essentials FE Pod - Quick Reference Page

This quick reference page provides a summary of the specifications of these topologies. For a complete reference including installation details, please refer to the Palo Alto Firewall Essentials Pod Planning and Installation Guide .

Want to watch the installation performed? Please see the video version of the installation guide.

The Palo Alto Networks Academy Firewall Essentials lab set is designed to have Internet access. Due to this requirement, 2 topologies are needed. The Firewall Essentials Gateway pod (GW) is designed to provide Internet access to underlying Firewall Essentials pods (FE) per host.

To install and use these pods on your NETLAB+ system, you are required to indicate your acceptance of the NETLAB+ Pod Internet Access and Use Agreement. Your system will not be enabled to support Palo Alto Networks Firewall Essentials pods until the agreement is accepted.

Topologies	Supports	Documentation
	Palo Alto Firewall Essentials	Palo Alto Firewall Essentials Planning and Installation Guide

You may request virtual machine templates for the Palo Alto Firewall Essentials FE Pod and the Fire Essentials GW Pod from CSSIA.

Lab Topologies

Lab Topology - GW Pod

Virtual Machines - GW Pod

The virtual machines in the pod are listed in the table below.

Lab Topology - FE Pod

Virtual Machines - FE Pod

The virtual machines in the pod are listed in the table below.

Installation Video

For a step-by-step look at the installation process, see the video version of the installation guide.

Virtual Machine Templates

The Center for Systems Security and Information Assurance (CSSIA) provides virtual machine templates to install on the pod.

To request access to the preconfigured virtual machine templates from CSSIA:

1. Go to the CSSIA Resources page: https://www.cssia.org/cssiaresources/
2. Select CSSIA VM Image Sharing Agreement.
3. Complete and submit your access request by following the instructions on the request form.
4. CSSIA will provide, via email, password-protected download links. Access to the download links is provided only to customers who are current with their NETLAB+ support contract and are participants in the appropriate partner programs (i.e., Cisco Networking Academy, VMware IT Academy, Red Hat Academy, and/or Palo Alto Networks Cybersecurity Academy).
5. Once all virtual machines have been downloaded, they can be deployed following the steps in the appropriate pod installation guide. Each virtual machine is deployed individually.