Log Processing Card (LPC)
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• PA-7050 Modules and Interface Card Overview
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LPC and AMC Component Descriptions
Figure 9 shows the Log Processing Card (LPC) and Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMCs) and Table 12
describes the LPC and AMC features.
Figure 9. Log Processing Card (LPC)
Interpreting the AMC/Disk Drive LEDs
The LPC itself does not have LEDs; the AMCs inserted into the LPC that holds the disk drives has
LEDs used for drive activity, drive failures, and power. If there is a hardware issue with the LPC, the
LOG LED on the Switch Management Card (SMC) will change to red and the system logs can also be
checked for status.
Table 12. LPC and AMC features
Item
Description
1.
LPC
Log Processing Card (LPC) that processes all logs and then stores the logs
on the four Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMCs) that contain one disk
drive each.
2.
AMC
Four Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMCs) and drives used to store all logs
generated by the chassis. The AMC is a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) card
that holds a disk drive and connects the drive to the LPC.
Each AMC contains one 2.5” SATA disk drive with a 1 terabyte capacity.
The first two drives on the left (Drives A1 and A2) are a RAID 1 pair and
the next two drives on the right (B1 and B2) are also a RAID 1 pair for a
total of 2 terabytes of log storage.
Important:
Do not attempt to replace the drive on an AMC. If a drive
failure occurs, contact Palo Alto Networks or your reseller for a
replacement AMC that will contain the AMC and the drive as one unit.
3.
Advanced Mezzanine
Card (AMC) release
handle.
Handle used to remove the AMC/Disk drive from the LPC card. Pull the
handle toward you to unlock and remove the AMC/Disk drive.
4.
AMC/Disk drive LED
panel
Three LEDs that indicate drive activity, failure, and power. Top left is
activity, bottom left is fault, and top right is power.
5.
LPC Card release
hardware
Release levers and screws used to install and remove the LPC card. The
main lever has a similar smaller lever as part of the release mechanism that
must be pulled toward you before the main lever will release the card from
the slot. The left and right inner lever also has a micro-switch that will
power down the card as soon as the levers are both moved to release the
outer lever.
ACTIVITY
FAULT
PA-7000-AMC-1TB
POWER
ACTIVITY
FAULT
PA-7000-AMC-1TB
POWER
ACTIVITY
FAULT
PA-7000-AMC-1TB
POWER
ACTIVITY
FAULT
PA-7000-AMC-1TB
POWER
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