Overview
GCP lets you build, deploy, and scale applications, websites, and services on the same infrastructure as Google.
The ASA virtual runs the same software as physical ASAs to deliver proven security functionality in a virtual form factor. The ASA virtual can be deployed in the public GCP. It can then be configured to protect virtual and physical data center workloads that expand, contract, or shift their location over time.
GCP Machine Type Support
Select the Google virtual machine type and size to meet your ASA virtual needs.
The ASA virtual supports the following General-purpose NI, N2 and Compute-optimized C2 GCP machine types:
Compute-Optimized Machine Types |
Attributes |
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vCPUs |
Memory (GB) |
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c2-standard-4 |
4 |
16 |
c2-standard-8 |
8 |
32 |
c2-standard-16 |
16 |
64 |
Machine Type |
Attributes |
|
---|---|---|
vCPUs |
Memory (GB) |
|
n1-standard-4 |
4 |
15 |
n1-standard-8 |
8 |
30 |
n1-standard-16 |
16 |
60 |
n2-standard-4 |
4 |
16 |
n2-standard-8 |
8 |
32 |
n2-standard-16 |
16 |
64 |
n1-highcpu-16 |
16 |
14.4 |
n2-highcpu-16 |
16 |
16 |
n2-highmem-4 |
4 |
32 |
n2-highmem-8 |
8 |
64 |
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The ASA virtual requires a minimum of 3 interfaces.
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The maximum supported vCPUs is 16.
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The Memory-Optimized machine type is not supported
You create an account on GCP, launch an ASA virtual instance using the ASA virtual firewall (ASA virtual) offering on the GCP Marketplace, and choose a GCP machine type.
C2 Compute-Optimized Machine Type Limitations
The Compute-Optimized C2 machine types have the following restrictions:
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You cannot use regional persistent disks with compute-optimized machine types. For more information, see the Google documentation Adding or resizing regional persistent disks.
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Subject to different disk limits than general-purpose and memory-optimized machine types. For more information, see the Google documentation Block storage performance.
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Available only in select zones and regions. For more information, see the Google documentation Available regions and zones.
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Available only on select CPU platforms. For more information, see the Google documentation CPU platforms.
Performance Tiers for ASA virtual
The ASA virtual supports performance-tiered licensing that provides different throughput levels and VPN connection limits based on deployment requirements.
Performance Tier |
Instance Type (Core/RAM) |
Rate Limit |
RA VPN Session Limit |
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ASAv5 |
c2-standard-4 4 core/16 GB |
100 Mbps |
50 |
ASAv10 |
c2-standard-4 4 core/16 GB |
1 Gbps |
250 |
ASAv30 |
c2-standard-4 4 core/16 GB |
2 Gbps |
750 |
ASAv50 |
c2-standard-8 8 core/32 GB |
7.6 Gbps |
10,000 |
ASAv100 |
c2-standard-16 16 core/64 GB |
16 Gbps |
20,000 |