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PA-3500 Series Hardware Reference

PA-3500 Series Firewall LED Definitions

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PA-3500 Series Firewall LED Definitions

Learn about the meanings of the LEDs on the PA-3500 Series Firewall.

The following table describes how to interpret the status LEDs on a PA-3500 Series firewall.

LED	Description
Front Panel LEDs
	Service Blue—The firewall is instructed by the CLI or Web Interface to enable this LED. Off—The LED has not been enabled.
	Power Green—The firewall is powered on. Yellow—The firewall has encountered a hardware failure. Off—The firewall is not powered on.
	Status Green—The firewall configuration is loaded. Yellow—The firewall is booting.
	High Availability Green—The firewall is the active HA peer. Yellow—The firewall is the passive HA peer. Off—The firewall is not configured for HA.
	Temperature Green—The firewall temperature is normal. Yellow—The firewall temperature is outside tolerance levels. See the PA-3500 Series Firewall Environmental Specifications for the operating temperature range.
	Controller Green—The firewall is connected to Panorama. Blue—The firewall is connected to SCM or a SDWAN controller. Yellow (Blinking)—The firewall is trying to connect to a controller. Yellow (Solid)—The firewall encountered a connectivity error. Off—The firewall is not attempting to connect to a controller.
	Alarm Red—A hardware failure, such as a power supply failure, a firewall failure that caused an HA failover, a drive failure, or the hardware overheated and exceeded the high temperature threshold. Off—The firewall is operating normally.
	Fans Green—All fans are operating normally. Yellow—A fan has failed.
	Power Supplies Green—The power supplies are functioning normally. Red—One of the power supplies is not working. Off—Power supplies are not installed When facing the back of the firewall, 1 is the left power supply and 2 is the right power supply.
Port LEDs
RJ-45	These ports have one green LED each. Solid Green—The firewall network link is up. Blinking Green—The firewall is processing network activity.
SFP, SFP+, SFP28, QSFP+, and QSFP28	The color of each LED differs based on the port speed. Refer to the descriptions on the PA-3500 Series Firewall Components for the supported speeds on each port. 1G—Yellow 10G—Green 25G—Green & Blue 40G—Yellow 100G—Blue Solid Color—The firewall network link is up. Blinking Color—The firewall is processing network activity.

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