Firepower Management Center: literature on VM suggested requirements?

[jmaxwellUSAF]

Hello.

For IDS/IPS inspection, the enterprise will be installing at approximately 15 branches, physical firepower ASA devices. These will be monitored by Firepower Management Center (aka Firepower Management console) (FMC).

I need to determine if is financially best to purchase the physical FMC appliance, or to use the software version inside an Azure VM.

THUS, may you please give me a link to the suggested hardware needed (RAM, CPU, etc) for the software version of FMC?

Thank you.

[Rob Ingram · Accepted solution]

@jmaxwellUSAF FMCv for Azure - https://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/security/firepower/quick_start/fmcv/fpmc-virtual/fpmc-virtual-azure.html

You can also use cdFMC which is fully managed and means you do not have to upgrade the software - https://secure.cisco.com/secure-firewall/docs/cloud-delivered-firewall-management-center