Pa-7000 Series Firewall Network Processing Cards (Npcs); Pa-7000 20G Npc - PaloAlto Networks PA-7000 Series Hardware Reference Manual

PA-7000 Series Firewall Module and Interface Card Informaon
PA-7000 Series Firewall Network Processing Cards
(NPCs)
Network Processing Cards (NPCs) provide network connecvity for a PA-7000 Series firewall. To
scale performance and capacity, you can install up to six NPCs in a PA-7050 firewall and up to ten
NPCs in a PA-7080 firewall. If you plan on fully populang a PA-7000 Series firewall with NPCs,
see Determine PA-7000 Series Firewall Power Configuraon Requirements
provide enough power to the firewall.
When viewing the NPCs from the web interface, the NPCs are organized by slot and you click
the icon to the le of the slot number to show the NPC ports. The port numbering designaon is
Ethernet, followed by slot/port such as ethernet<slot>/<port>, where slot is the physical slot the
card is installed in and the port is the interface port number. For example, the first Ethernet port
on an NPC installed in slot 1 shows ethernet1/1 and port 2 shows ethernet1/2. The first port on
an NPC installed in slot 2 shows ethernet2/1 and port 2 shows ethernet2/2. For informaon on
installing the NPCs, see
On the PA-7050 firewall, you install NPCs in slots 1,2,3,5,6, and 7 and on the PA-7080 firewall,
you install NPCs in slots 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12.
You must install at least one NPC to enable the firewall to process network traffic.
The following NPCs can be installed in a PA-7000 Series firewall:
•

PA-7000 20G NPC

• PA-7000 20GXM NPC
• PA-7000 20GQ NPC
• PA-7000 20GQXM NPC
• PA-7000 100G NPC
• Idenfy PA-7000 Series NPC Port Acvity and Link LEDs
PA-7000 20G NPC
The PA-7000 20G
topics to learn about the NPC components, how to interpret the LEDs, and how to install an NPC.
The PA-7000 20G NPC is not compable with the PA-7000-SMC-B.
• PA-7000 20G NPC Component Descripons
• Interpreng the PA-7000 20G NPC LEDs
• Install a PA-7000 Series Firewall Network Processing Card (NPC)
PA-7000 Series Firewall Hardware Reference
Replace a PA-7000 Series Network Processing Card
NPC provides 10Mbps to 10Gbps Ethernet connecvity. Use the following
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to ensure that you
(NPC).
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