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PA-5400 Series Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Reference

PA-5400 NC-A Component Descriptions

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Learn about the PA-5400 NC-A components and their respective functions.

The following image shows the PA-5400 NC-A and the table describes each labeled component.

Item	Component	Description
1	LED Indicators	Five LEDs that indicate the status of various hardware components. For details on the LEDs, see Interpret the PA-5400 NC-A LEDs
2	Ethernet Ports	Four 1Gbps/10Gbps BaseT RJ45 Ethernet ports.
3	QSFP Ports	Two form-factor pluggable (QSFP+/QSFP28) 40GE/100GE Ethernet ports. Each interface supports breakout mode to create four 10GE or four 25GE ports each.
4	SFP/SFP+ Ports	Twelve 1GE/10GE SFP+ ports.
5	Ejector Tabs	Push tabs that are used to Replace a PA-5400 Series Networking Card (NC).

Interfaces on two separate NCs can be configured as aggregate interfaces.