After the boot process finishes, access the console to set up basic connectivity: PAN-VM 10.0.6 default username and password - LIVEcommunity
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The Pa-vm-esx-10.1.0.ova typically provisions VMXNET3 drivers, which are paravirtualized and far superior to E1000. Verify each vNIC (except management if using dedicated) is VMXNET3.