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STEP 4 |
Close the handles and ensure that the SMC fully seats into the SMC slot.
STEP 5 |
Tighten the thumb screws on each side of the SMC to secure it to the chassis. Use a Phillips-
head screwdriver if necessary.
STEP 6 |
Proceed to
Install the PA-7000 Series Firewall Log Processing Card (LPC)
.
Install the PA-7000 Series Firewall Switch Management Card (SMC-B)
A
is required for chassis operation. On a PA-7050 firewall, you
must install the SMC in slot 4 and on the PA-7080 firewall, you must install the SMC in slot 6.
There are two versions of the PA-7050 SMC: version 1 and version 2. The PA-7050
firewall must be running PAN-OS 6.1 or a later release to recognize a version 2 SMC. The
version 2 SMC uses the same install and release levers as the LPC; the version 1 SMC does
PA-7000 Series Firewall SMC Component Descriptions
.
The PA-7050 SMC and PA-7080 SMC are not interchangeable. Although both cards have
the same ports and LEDs, the back connectors and the software is different. The hardware
is also keyed in such a way that you cannot install a PA-7050 SMC in a PA-7080 firewall
and vice versa.
STEP 1 |
Put the provided ESD wrist strap on your wrist ensuring that the metal contact is touching
your skin. Then attach (snap) one end of the ground cable to the wrist strap and remove the
alligator clip from the banana clip on the other end of the ESD grounding cable. Plug the
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