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PA-800 Front Panel

The following image shows the front panel of the PA-800 Series firewall and the table describes each front panel component. The only differences between the PA-820 (shown) and PA-850 front panel is the model name and the Ethernet port speeds as described in the table.
Item
Component
Description
1
Ethernet ports 1 through 4
Four RJ-45 10/100/1000Mbps ports for network traffic.
You can set the link speed and duplex or choose auto-negotiate.
2
SFP ports 5 through 8
Four small form-factor pluggable (SFP) ports for network traffic.
3
SFP/SFP+ ports 9 through 12
These ports are for network traffic and their speed varies depending on your firewall and configuration.
PA-820 Firewalls
Four 1Gbps SFP ports; you cannot reconfigure these ports.
PA-850 Firewalls
Four 1Gbps SFP ports or four 10Gbps SFP+ ports (default); you can specify which you want to use but you cannot mix the two.
You can install up to 4 of the same type transceivers (SFP or SFP+) as needed but if you install SFP transceivers, then you also need to reconfigure ports 9 through 12 (as a group) to SFP using the command line interface (CLI).
To confirm the current settings for these four ports, run the following command:
admin@PA-850>
show system setting ports-9-12-speed
Device Ports 9-12 mode: sfp+
The output shows that the ports are set to SFP+. If the firewall is not already set to the correct port type for your transceivers, use the set system setting ports-9-12-speed command. For example, if the output shows that these ports are set to SFP+ and you are using SFP transceivers, then run the following commands to change the port type from SFP+ to SFP and then restart the firewall to apply the change:
admin@PA-850> set system setting ports-9-12-speed sfp
admin@PA-850> request restart system
4
HA1 and HA2 ports
Two RJ-45 10/100/1000Mbps ports for high-availability control (HA1) and synchronization (HA2).
5
MGT port
Use this Ethernet 10/100/1000Mbps port to access the management web interface and perform administrative tasks. The firewall also uses this port for management services, such as retrieving licenses and updating the threat and application signatures.
6
CONSOLE port (RJ-45)
Use this port to connect a management computer to the firewall using a 9-pin serial to RJ-45 cable and terminal emulation software.
The console connection provides access to firewall boot messages, the Maintenance Recovery Tool (MRT), and the command line interface (CLI).
If your management computer does not have a serial port, use a USB-to-serial converter.
Use the following settings to configure your terminal emulation software to connect to the console port:
  • Data rate: 9600
  • Data bits: 8
  • Parity: none
  • Stop bits: 1
  • Flow control: None
7
USB port
Use the USB port to bootstrap the firewall.
Bootstrapping enables you to provision the firewall with a specific PAN-OS configuration and then license it and make it operational on your network.
8
CONSOLE port (Micro USB)
Use this port to connect a management computer to the firewall using a standard Type-A USB-to-micro USB cable.
The console connection provides access to firewall boot messages, the Maintenance Recovery Tool (MRT), and the command line interface (CLI).
Refer to Micro USB Console Port for more information and to download the Windows driver or to learn how to connect from a Mac or Linux computer.
9
LED status indicators
Six LEDs that indicate the status of the firewall hardware components (see Interpret the LEDs on a PA-800 Series Firewall).

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