Before You Begin
Upgrade/Downgrade Considerations for Firewalls and
Appliances
The following table lists hardware features that have upgrade or downgrade impact. Make sure
you understand all upgrade/downgrade considerations before you upgrade or downgrade from
the specified version of PAN-OS.
Feature
Release
Upgrade Considerations
Downgrade
Considerations
PA-7000 Log
Forwarding Card (LFC)
10.0
If you are using an LFC
with a PA-7000 Series
Firewall, when you
upgrade to PAN-OS
10.0, you must configure
the management plane
or dataplane interface
for the service route
because the LFC ports
do not support the
requirements for the
service route. We
recommend using the
dataplane interface for
the Data Services service
route.
n/a
Upgrading a PA-7000
Series Firewall with a
first generation switch
management card
(PA-7050-SMC or
PA-7080-SMC)
PAN-OS 8.0
and later
Before upgrading
the firewall, run the
following CLI command
to check the flash drive’s
status:
debug system
disk-smart-info
disk-1
.
If the value for
attribute ID #232,
Available_Reservd_Space
0x0000
, is greater than
20, then proceed with
the upgrade. If the value
is less than 20, then
contact support for
assistance.
Before downgrading
the firewall, run the
following CLI command
to check the flash drive’s
status:
debug system
disk-smart-info
disk-1
.
If the value for
attribute ID #232,
Available_Reservd_Space
0x0000
, is greater than
20, then proceed with
the downgrade. If the
value is less than 20,
then contact support for
assistance.
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