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Getting ready

To configure the ESG for firewall rules, the following prerequisites must be met:

User with NSX Enterprise Administrator or NSX Administrator role
Newly-deployed NSX edge to configure the firewall on; we will use a pre-created edge named Chapter5 for this recipe
ESXi cluster where the the NSX edge will be deployed to; it must be prepared for NSX
Target ESXi hosts must have sufficient capacity to run the ESG virtual machine

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