ASA Firepower Threat Defense runs inside VM Workstation 12?

[suporte.cisco]

I am trying 6.0.1 it boots OK but I am not able to achieve IP connectivity (br1), tried config network adapters in the vm settings both bridged with my ethernet and routed using vm interface...

regards,

Ricardo.

[Marvin Rhoads]

It's not certified to run in VMware Workstation. The supported VMware platforms are:

• VMware vSphere Hypervisor/VMware ESXi 5.1
• VMware vSphere Hypervisor/VMware ESXi 5.5
• VMware vCloud Director

Source: http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/601/relnotes/firepower-system-release-notes-version-601.html#pgfId-377098

[suporte.cisco]

Hi Marvin,

Yes, I know that, but I would like to know if someone was able to try it inside Workstation 12.,,and how.

Regards,

[abdul.pallares]

Hi,

I'v try, 6.0.2, on VMWare without success, then I deceide to try with virtualbox, and it works there. Just greate a new VM with 8G of RAM, 4 cpus, and 4 NICs (important) set every NIC to paravitualized-virt-io type, without that the OS will crash and reboot constantly, like in VMWare does.

It seems that you can run it on GNS3 too: https://www.gns3.com/discussions/firepower-threat-defence-virtual

Regards