The requirements listed on this page are specific to the use of NETLAB+ for delivering Palo Alto® Networks Academy courses. NETLAB+ VE users, please refer to the NETLAB+ VE System Requirements.
The following interactive diagram and table lists required hardware components.
# | Component | Description | Learn More |
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1 | NETLAB+ Server | NETLAB+® is a server appliance with all software pre-installed. | NETLAB+ Overview |
2 | VMware vCenter | VMware vCenter enables you to manage the resources of multiple ESXi hosts and allows you to monitor and manage your physical and virtual infrastructure. NETLAB+ integrates with VMware vCenter to assist the administrator with installing, replicating and configuring virtual machine pods. | vCenter Requirements |
3 | VMware ESXi | Physical VMware ESXi servers host the virtual machines in your pods. Virtualization using ESXi is performed on separate physical servers, not included with NETLAB+. You can interface with multiple ESXi servers if necessary. | Recommended Hardware for ESXi |
Details pertinent to specific topologies are available by selecting a Palo Alto topology on the topologies page.