Pa-7000 Series Firewall Switch Management Cards (Smcs); Pa-7000 Series Firewall Smc Component Descriptions - PaloAlto Networks TECHDOCS PA-7000 Series Hardware Reference Manual

PA-7000 Series Firewall Module and Interface Card Information
PA-7000 Series Firewall Switch Management Cards
(SMCs)
The PA-7000 Series Switch Management Card (SMC) provides: switch fabric management for the
chassis, system management access, stores PAN-OS, the firewall configuration, and management
logs. It also includes ports for high availability (HA) connectivity and LED indicators that provides
status of the chassis components.
There are two SMC models: the first-generation SMC (PA-7050-SMC and PA-7080-SMC) and the
second-generation SMC (PA-7050-SMC-B and PA-7080-SMC-B). The second-generation SMC-B
provides higher performance, a micro USB management port, redundant management ports, and
redundant system drives.
The PA-7050 SMCs and PA-7080 SMCs are not interchangeable. Although the cards
are similar, their back plane connectors and software are different. The hardware is also
keyed in such a way that you cannot install a PA-7050 SMC in a PA-7080 firewall and
vice versa.
A first-generation SMC (PA-7050-SMC or PA-7080-SMC) must be paired with a first-
generation logging card (PA-7000-LPC). Similarly, a second-generation SMC (PA-7050-
SMC-B or PA-7080-SMC-B) must be paired with a second-generation logging card
(PA-7000-LFC-A).
When using PA-7000 Series firewalls in a High Availability (HA) pair, both firewalls must
have SMCs of the same generation installed.
Use the following topics to learn about requirements, descriptions of the SMC components, and
how to interpret the LEDs.
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PA-7000 Series Firewall SMC Component Descriptions

• PA-7000 Series Firewall SMC-B Component Descriptions
• PA-7000 Series Firewall Switch Management Card (SMC-B) Requirements
• Interpret the PA-7000 Series Firewall SMC LEDs
PA-7000 Series Firewall SMC Component Descriptions
The following images show the first-generation PA-7050 SMCs and the PA-7080 SMC and the
tables describe each SMC component.
There are two versions of the first-generation PA-7050 Switch Management Card (SMC): version
1 and version 2.
Version 2 of the SMC is not the same as the second-generation SMC-B. See
Series Firewall SMC-B Component Descriptions
generation SMC-B.
The PA-7050 firewall must be running PAN-OS 6.1 or a later release to recognize a version 2
SMC. Physically, there are two differences between the versions: the version 2 SMC uses the
PA-7000 Series Firewall Hardware Reference
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