Breakout Port Support

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Breakout Port Support

Review the firewalls and appliances that have breakout ports.

The following table identifies which Palo Alto Networks Next-Generation Firewalls (NGFWs) support the breakout feature of the QSFP+/QSFP28 ports. When a port is broken out using a breakout cable, the port functions as four new independent interfaces whose speeds are a quarter of the speed of the broken out port. This allows you to split your network connections into additional, lower speed channels that link to multiple network switches or devices.

Palo Alto Networks Firewall Model	Breakout Support	Breakout Ports	Breakout Speed
PA-220	—	—	—
PA-220R	—	—	—
PA-410	—	—	—
PA-410R	—	—	—
PA-410R-5G	—	—	—
PA-415	—	—	—
PA-415-5G	—	—	—
PA-440	—	—	—
PA-445	—	—	—
PA-450	—	—	—
PA-450R	—	—	—
PA-450R-5G	—	—	—
PA-455	—	—	—
PA-455-5G	—	—	—
PA-455R-5G	—	—	—
PA-460	—	—	—
PA-505	—	—	—
PA-510	—	—	—
PA-520	—	—	—
PA-540	—	—	—
PA-545-POE	—	—	—
PA-550	—	—	—
PA-555-POE	—	—	—
PA-560	—	—	—
PA-820	—	—	—
PA-850	—	—	—
PA-1410	—	—	—
PA-1420	—	—	—
PA-3220	—	—	—
PA-3250	—	—	—
PA-3260	—	—	—
PA-3410	—	—	—
PA-3420	—	—	—
PA-3430	√	Port 35 — Ports 27, 28, 29, and 30 Port 36 — Ports 31, 32, 33, and 34	10Gbps/25Gbps
PA-3440	√	Port 35 — Ports 27, 28, 29, and 30 Port 36 — Ports 31, 32, 33, and 34	10Gbps/25Gbps
PA-5220	—	—	—
PA-5250	—	—	—
PA-5260	—	—	—
PA-5280	—	—	—
PA-5410	√	Port 41 — Ports 25, 26, 27, and 28 Port 42 — Ports 29, 30, 31, and 32 Port 43 — Ports 33, 34, 35, and 36 Port 44 — Ports 37, 38, 39, and 40	10Gbps/25Gbps
PA-5420	√	Port 41 — Ports 25, 26, 27, and 28 Port 42 — Ports 29, 30, 31, and 32 Port 43 — Ports 33, 34, 35, and 36 Port 44 — Ports 37, 38, 39, and 40	10Gbps/25Gbps
PA-5430	√	Port 41 — Ports 25, 26, 27, and 28 Port 42 — Ports 29, 30, 31, and 32 Port 43 — Ports 33, 34, 35, and 36 Port 44 — Ports 37, 38, 39, and 40	10Gbps/25Gbps
PA-5440	√	Port 41 — Ports 25, 26, 27, and 28 Port 42 — Ports 29, 30, 31, and 32 Port 43 — Ports 33, 34, 35, and 36 Port 44 — Ports 37, 38, 39, and 40	10Gbps/25Gbps
PA-5445	√	Port 41 — Ports 25, 26, 27, and 28 Port 42 — Ports 29, 30, 31, and 32 Port 43 — Ports 33, 34, 35, and 36 Port 44 — Ports 37, 38, 39, and 40	10Gbps/25Gbps
PA-5450 (`PA-5400 NC-A`)	√	Port 25 — Ports 5, 6, 7, and 8 Port 26 — Ports 9, 10, 11, and 12	10Gbps/25Gbps
PA-5540 and PA-5550	√	QSFP28 — Ports 11, 13, 15, 21, 23, 25, and 27 QSFP-DD — Ports 17, 18, 19, and 20	QSFP28 — 10Gbps/25Gbps QSFP-DD — 10Gbps/25Gbps/100Gbps
PA-5560, PA-5570, and PA-5580	√	QSFP28 — Ports 1, 3, 5, and 7 QSFP-DD — Ports 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, and 16	QSFP28 — 10Gbps/25Gbps QSFP-DD — 10Gbps/25Gbps/100Gbps
PA-7050 (`PA-7000 100G-NPC`)	√ PAN-OS 10.2 & later	Port 25 — Ports 9, 10, 11, and 12 Port 26 — Ports 13, 14, 15, and 16 Port 27 — Ports 17, 18, 19, and 20 Port 28 — Ports 21, 22, 23, and 24	10Gbps/25Gbps
PA-7050 (`PA-7000 LFC`)	√ PAN-OS 10.2 & later	Port 9 — Ports 1, 2, 3, and 4 Port 10 — Ports 5, 6, 7, and 8	10Gbps
PA-7080 (`PA-7000 100G-NPC`)	√ PAN-OS 10.2 & later	Port 25 — Ports 9, 10, 11, and 12 Port 26 — Ports 13, 14, 15, and 16 Port 27 — Ports 17, 18, 19, and 20 Port 28 — Ports 21, 22, 23, and 24	10Gbps/25Gbps
PA-7080 (`PA-7000 LFC`)	√ PAN-OS 10.2 & later	Port 9 — Ports 1, 2, 3, and 4 Port 10 — Ports 5, 6, 7, and 8	10Gbps
PA-7500 (`PA-7500 NPC`)	√	Port 1 — Ports 21, 22, 23, and 24 Port 2 — Ports 25, 26, 27, and 28 Port 3 — Ports 29, 30, 31, and 32 Port 4 — Ports 33, 34, 35, and 36 Port 11 — Ports 37, 38, 39, and 40 Port 12 — Ports 41, 42, 43, and 44 Port 13 — Ports 45, 46, 47, and 48 Port 14 — Ports 49, 50, 51, and 52	10Gbps/25Gbps/100Gbps

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