PA-7500 Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Reference

Replace a PA-7500 Series Firewall NPC in a NGFW Cluster

1. Disconnect all connections to and from the NPC.

   If this NPC is still functioning prior to replacement, any traffic using orphan ports or LAGs may encounter interruption during this procedure.
2. Unlock the NPC and remove it from the chassis.
3. Install the replacement NPC.
4. Reconnect all the connections to and from the new NPC, including any transceivers that were previously installed.
5. Verify the slot and serial number of the new NPC using the following CLI command: show chassis inventory.
6. Monitor the NPC boot process using the following command: show chassis status slot [0] where [0] is the number of the slot in which the new NPC is installed.
7. Once the NPC is up, verify that all existing links and network connections are working.