
PA-7000 Series Firewall Installation
STEP 3 |
Tighten the screws on each side of the card to secure the card to the chassis. The version 1
NPC has a standard Phillips-head screw and the version 2 NPC has a thumb screw that you
can also tighten with a Phillips-head screwdriver.
STEP 4 |
Cover any empty slots with the provided blank slot covers. Each empty slot must be covered
with the provided blank slot covers to ensure proper airflow and to prevent debris from
entering the chassis. The number of blank slot covers that you will receive for a new order is
based on the number of NPCs ordered. For example, if you order one NPC, you will receive
enough blank covers to cover all empty slots.
STEP 5 |
Connect the network cables and the NPCs are ready to process data traffic.
STEP 6 |
Proceed to
Connect Power to a PA-7000 Series Firewall
. After the chassis is powered
on, view the status of the NPCs by going to
Verify the PA-7000 Series Firewall NPC
.
Install a PA-7000 Series Firewall NPC in a High Availability (HA) Configuration
With all Palo Alto Networks firewalls, the hardware must match when configuring two firewalls in
an HA pair. When configuring PA-7000 Series firewalls, the installed Network Processing Cards
(NPC) must also match and must be installed in the same slots on each firewall.
Important
: When installing new NPCs in a PA-7000 Series firewall with high availability (HA)
configured, PAN-OS puts the cards in a disabled state. This allows you to bring up both cards (one
in each firewall) at the same time, so HA can start monitoring the cards.
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