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PA-7050 Modules and Interface Card Overview •
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Network Processing Card (NPC)
Network Processing Card (NPC)
The Network Processing Card (NPC) provides data traffic connectivity for the PA-7050 firewall. You
can install up to six NPCs to expand system capacity. When viewing the NPC cards from the web
interface at
Network > Interfaces
, the NPCs will be organized by slot and will then have an icon to
expand the slot to show all ports on the NPC. In the CLI, the first number in the interface name indicates
the slot and the second number indicates the port. For example, slot 1 Ethernet port 1 will show
ethernet1/1
,
port 2 will show
ethernet1/2
, slot 2 port 1 is
ethernet 2/1,
port 2 is
ethernet 2/2
, and so on.
IMPORTANT:
NPC cards can be installed in slots 1,2,3,5,6, and/or 7. You must have at least one NPC
installed before the firewall can process data traffic.
•
“NPC Component Descriptions” on page 18
•
“Interpreting the NPC LEDs” on page 18
LOG
Red
LED will change to red if there is a drive failure, temperature issue, or
other issue with the Log Processing Card (LPC). To determine which
drive has failed, check the LEDs on each AMC/Disk drive.
Off
There are no alarms present on the Log Processing Card (LPC) and the
card and drives are operating normally.
Table 5. Functions and States of the SMC MGT Port LEDs
LED
Description
Left
Shows solid green if there is a network link.
Right
Blinks green if there is network activity.
Table 6. Functions and States of the SMC HA1-A and HA1-B Port LEDs
LED
Description
Left
Shows green if there is a network link.
Right
Blinks green if there is network activity.
Table 7. Functions and States of the SMC HSCI-A and HSCI-B Port LEDs
LED
Description
Left
Shows green if there is a network link. Because this interface is comprised
of four 10 gigabit links, the LED is an AND operation of all four link
states.
Right
Blinks green if there is network activity. Because this interface is
comprised of four 10 gigabit links, the LED is an OR operation of all four
activity states.
Table 4. Functions and States of the SMC LED Dashboard (Continued)
LED
State
Description
