vCPU (Software NGFW flexible vCPU)
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- Unit
- vCPU
- Aliases
- flexible vCPUs; licensed vCPUs; set-cores
- Definition
- VM-Series Firewall Licensing: flexible vCPU licensing "Cost is based on the number of vCPUs and your chosen Security services. There is no cost for Panorama other than the vCPUs it consumes."
- Counting rules
- Counted per firewall in a deployment profile. The licensed number can be set below the vCPUs of the compute instance with the set-cores plugin command (VM-Series plugin 2.1.4 or later) so a larger instance does not consume more credits than necessary. Management plane and dataplane vCPUs are split one to three above four vCPUs.
- Floors / minimums
- Minimum 2 vCPUs for all memory profiles; maximum 64 vCPUs for a deployment profile; flexible vCPUs require PAN-OS 10.0.4 or later.
- Applies to products
- VM-Series
- Applies to editions
- Software NGFW Credits (flexible vCPUs)
- Related metrics
- Product category