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Creating the FortiSandbox Deployment Image

Creating the FortiSandbox Deployment Image

  1. In the Prism Element web console, go to VM > Create VM.
  2. Enter the following configuration information for General Configuration and Compute Details:
  3. In the NAME field, enter the desired name for your VM, like FortiSandbox-VM.
  4. In the VCPU(S) field, enter 2.
  5. In the MEMORY field, enter 4.

  6. By default, a CD-ROM is listed under Disks. Delete the CD-ROM.
  7. You must create a boot disk and a data disk for the VM. First, let's create the boot disk.
  8. Click Add New Disk.
  9. The boot disk will be cloned from the VM image that you uploaded. Under OPERATION, select Clone from Image Service.
  10. Under BUS TYPE, select SATA.
  11. Under IMAGE, select the FortiSandbox disk image uploaded in Uploading the FortiSandbox Deployment Image to Nutanix.
  12. Click Add. The boot disk has been added.

  13. Create the data disk by first Clicking Add New Disk.
  14. Under OPERATION, select Allocate on Storage Container
  15. Under BUS TYPE, select SATA.
  16. Under SIZE (GB), enter 200.
  17. >Click Add. The log disk has been added.

  18. Add a network interface for the VM.
  19. Under Network Adapters (NIC), click Add New NIC.
  20. Under VLAN NAME, select NR_PRT_STATIC.

  21. Click Add.
  22. Click Save. The system displays a Successfully submitted Create operation message when the VM has been created successfully with no error.

Creating the FortiSandbox Deployment Image

  1. In the Prism Element web console, go to VM > Create VM.
  2. Enter the following configuration information for General Configuration and Compute Details:
  3. In the NAME field, enter the desired name for your VM, like FortiSandbox-VM.
  4. In the VCPU(S) field, enter 2.
  5. In the MEMORY field, enter 4.

  6. By default, a CD-ROM is listed under Disks. Delete the CD-ROM.
  7. You must create a boot disk and a data disk for the VM. First, let's create the boot disk.
  8. Click Add New Disk.
  9. The boot disk will be cloned from the VM image that you uploaded. Under OPERATION, select Clone from Image Service.
  10. Under BUS TYPE, select SATA.
  11. Under IMAGE, select the FortiSandbox disk image uploaded in Uploading the FortiSandbox Deployment Image to Nutanix.
  12. Click Add. The boot disk has been added.

  13. Create the data disk by first Clicking Add New Disk.
  14. Under OPERATION, select Allocate on Storage Container
  15. Under BUS TYPE, select SATA.
  16. Under SIZE (GB), enter 200.
  17. >Click Add. The log disk has been added.

  18. Add a network interface for the VM.
  19. Under Network Adapters (NIC), click Add New NIC.
  20. Under VLAN NAME, select NR_PRT_STATIC.

  21. Click Add.
  22. Click Save. The system displays a Successfully submitted Create operation message when the VM has been created successfully with no error.