: Verify the PA-7000 Series Firewall LPC Configuration
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Verify the PA-7000 Series Firewall LPC Configuration

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Verify the PA-7000 Series Firewall LPC Configuration

After you install the Log Processing Card (LPC) and Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMCs) in the chassis, the firewall configures the first two drives on the left (A1 and A2) in a RAID 1 pair and the second two drives (B1 and B2 on the right) in a second RAID 1 pair. If the AMCs contain 1TB drives the total log storage capacity is 2TBs; if the AMCs contain 2TB drives the total capacity is 4TBs. The initial formating and RAID 1 configuration will take approximately 3 minutes.
The chassis will not operate without a functioning LPC with at least one drive configured. During normal operation, all four drives should be installed and configured in two RAID 1 pairs.
To view the status of the RAID configuration, run the following command:
admin@PA-7050>
show system raid detail
Confirm that at least one RAID 1 pair shows
Available
, which indicates that a drive pair is ready and the LPC can receive logs. In the following output,
Disk Pair S8A
shows
Available
and the status of the first RAID 1 is
clean
. The second RAID 1 pair (
Disk Pair S8B
) is also ready.
Disk Pair S8A Available Status clean Disk id A1 Present model : ST91000640NS size : 953869 MB status : active sync card serial : 002901000061 Disk id A2 Present model : ST91000640NS size : 953869 MB status : active sync card serial : 002901000067 Disk Pair S8B Available Status clean Disk id B1 Present model : ST91000640NS size : 953869 MB status : active sync card serial : 002901000089 Disk id B2 Present model : ST91000640NS size : 953869 MB status : active sync card serial : 002901000076
The output also shows the model, size, status, and the AMC serial number. For information on replacing a failed drive and commands to add and remove drives, see Replace a PA-7000 Series Firewall LPC Drive.
The following table describes the possible status levels for a drive:
AMC Status Indicators
Status
Description
not in use
The drive is not part of a RAID pair.
spare rebuilding
After replacing a failed drive in a RAID 1 pair, this status message indicates that the firewall is synchronizing data from the existing drive to the new drive.
active sync
The drive is ready and is currently part of a RAID 1.
failed
The drive has failed and must be replaced.

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