Network Security Manager 3.2 On-Premises Getting Started Guide

Installing NSM on Hyper-V

To install NSM On-Premises on Hyper-V

Log in to Hyper-V to select the VM.
Right click on the name of the VM.
Click New > Virtual Machine.

The New Virtual Machine Wizard window is displayed.
Specify the name and location of the VM.
Click Next.
Specify the Generation .

Generation 2 is needed for SonicCoreX NSM.
Click Next.
Assign memory to the VM as per the capacity requirement. Refer Capacity Requirements.
Click Next.
Select the network.
Click Next. The Connect Virtual Hard Disk screen is displayed.
Select Use an existing virtual hard disk option.
Click Browse and select the NSM VHDX file.
Click Next to see the Summary screen.
In the Summary screen, verify the details, and click Finish.
Right click on the NSM On-premises VM and select Settings.
Select Security and ensure that only the Enable Trusted Platform Module checkbox is selected.
Select Processor and specify the Number of virtual processors as per the capacity requirement. Refer Capacity Requirements.
Select SCSI Controller, select Hard Drive and click Add.
Ensure Location is set as 1 and select Virtual hard disk and click New to create a new data disk.
Click Next.
Navigate to Choose Disk Format, select the option that suits your host storage needs.
Click Next.
In Configure Disk, select Create a new blank virtual hard disk and enter the Size of the virtual hard disk to be 200GB.
Click Finish.
Click Apply.
To connect to the console, refer Connecting to Console.