Connect Cables to the PA-7500 Series Firewall
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Connect Cables to the PA-7500 Series Firewall
Learn how to connect each cable to the PA-7500 Series Firewall.
After you Connect Power to the PA-7500 Series Firewall, connect your management computer to the management
port (MGT) on the firewall Management Processing Card (MPC) so you can begin the initial
configuration. You can optionally connect your management computer to the console port,
also on the MPC, which provides a serial connection to the firewall and enables you to
view the bootup messages and manage the firewall using the command line interface (CLI).
You then configure the Ethernet ports on the Network Processing Card (NPC) and connect
these ports to your switch or router.
If you install two matching firewalls in a high availability configuration, you will also
connect HA cables between the two appliances (see HA Links and Backup Links).
The next image shows the PA-7500 firewall cable connections.
The lower QSFP-DD ports on the Management Processing Card (MPC)
and Network Processing Card (NPC) may be harder to access if the upper QSFP-DD port has
an installed optic.