Deploy a Cobalt 100 Virtual Machine on Azure
Introduction
Create the Cobalt 100 virtual machine
Open inbound ports in the Network Security Group
Verify connectivity to the Cobalt 100 VM
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Use the Azure Portal to deploy a Cobalt 100 VM

Cobalt 100 is Microsoft’s first Arm-based server processor, built on the Armv9 Neoverse-N2 CPU architecture. It is optimized for the performance and efficiency of scale-out, cloud-based applications.

Azure offers Cobalt 100–powered virtual machines in two series:

  • Dpsv6 and Dplsv6 (general-purpose)
  • Epsv6 (memory-optimized)

To create a Cobalt 100 VM, follow these steps:

  1. Sign in to the Azure Portal .

  2. Select Create a resource → Compute → Virtual machine.

  3. Complete the fields in the Basics tab using the values shown in the figure below:

    Image Alt Text:Azure Portal – Basics tab for the VM wizardConfiguring the Basics tab

    Cobalt 100 powers the Dpsv6 and Dplsv6 series. Selecting Standard_D4ps_v6 creates a Cobalt VM with four physical cores. You can choose a different size if you need more or fewer cores.

  4. Upload your public SSH key or generate a new one in the wizard.

  5. For the Public inbound ports field, select None.

  6. On the Disks tab, accept the default options.

  7. On the Networking tab, ensure that a Public IP is selected. You will need it to connect to the VM later. Leave the NSG settings as Basic.

  8. Select Review + create, then Create. Azure deploys the VM and the automatically-generated Network Security Group (NSG). Provisioning takes ~2 minutes.

  9. Navigate to the Deployment in progress pane or open the Notifications panel to track progress. When the deployment completes, proceed to the next step to expose an inbound port.

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