Connect DC Power to the PA-1500 Series Firewall
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Connect DC Power to the PA-1500 Series Firewall
Learn how to connect DC power to the PA-1500 Series Firewall.
The following procedure describes how to connect DC power to a PA-1500 Series
firewall with DC power supplies.
Learn how to Set Up a Connection to the Firewall based on your desired boot mode prior
to powering on the firewall for the first time.
To avoid injury to yourself or damage to your Palo Alto Networks® hardware or the
data that resides on the hardware, read the Product Safety Warnings.
- Ensure that your power source(s) are powered off.Remove the nut and star washer from the ground stud on the back of the firewall.Crimp a 14AWG ground cable to a ring lug (cable and lug not included) and then attach the ring lug to the ground stud on the firewall. Replace the star washer and nut, then connect the other end of the cable to earth ground.
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Connect the positive and negative cable ends into the respective polarity slots in the connector, then plug the connector end into the slot in the power supply.![]()
Connect the opposite end of the positive and negative cables to a 60A circuit breaker.Before powering on the firewall, ensure that you have connected your Ethernet cables in accordance to the mode you wish to boot the firewall in (standard mode or Zero Touch Provisioning mode) as specified in Set Up a Connection to the Firewall.(PA-1530-POE only) Repeat steps 4 and 5 for a second power supply.Turn on the DC power source. After the power supply powers on, the input and output LEDs on the power supply turn green and the power LED on the front of the firewall turns green.
