
PA-7000 Series Firewall Module and Interface Card Information
PA-7000 Series Firewall Data Processing Card (DPC)
The PA-7000 Series Data Processing Card (PA-7000-DPC-A) is an optional interface card that
can be installed to improve the processing capacity of the chassis. Similar in physical design to the
, the DPC offers scalability in the form of four additional data plane instances.
As opposed to the PA-7000 100G NPC, the DPC does not have a network processor or a physical
I/O; therefore, your firewall must have at least one or more
PA-7000 Series Firewall Network
To install and enable a DPC in your chassis, your firewall must be on PAN-OS 10.0 or later.
Furthermore, because the DPC has no front panel ports, you must change the firewall’s session
distribution policy from the default (ingress-slot).
It is recommended that you change the session distribution policy to
session-load
when
installing the DPC.
The DPC is compatible with all PA-7050 and PA-7080 hardware, with the exception of the old
PA-7050 fan tray. You must use the updated fan tray models (PA-7050-FANTRAY-L-A and
PA-7050-FANTRAY-R-A, as well as the air filter, PA-7050-FLTR-A) to use the DPC.
To discern which generation fan trays your PA-7050 has, check the firewall serial number.
If the last five digits of the serial number are numerically greater than 10,000, the
PA-7050 was manufactured with the new fan trays and is compatible with the DPC. If
the last five digits of the firewall serial number are numerically less than 10,000, then the
PA-7050 was manufactured with the old fan trays. Pull the fan trays out to verify. If your
PA-7050 has the old fan trays, you must
full compatibility between the chassis and the DPC.
See the following topic to learn how to interpret the DPC LEDs.
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Interpret the PA-7000 Series DPC LEDS
Interpret the PA-7000 Series DPC LEDS
Use the following information to learn how to interpret the LED dashboard and port LEDs on the
PA-7000 Data Processing Card (DPC).
The following table describes the functions and states of the DPC LED dashboard.
LED
State
Description
Green
The card is powered on.
PWR
Off
The card is powered off.
Green
The card is operating normally.
STS
(STATUS)
Yellow
The card is booting up.
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