Beginning with PAN-OS 10.1, satellites can no
longer perform initial authentication to the portal using only the
satellite serial number. Instead, the satellite administrator must
manually authenticate to the portal using the username and password
associated with a local database authentication profile to establish
the initial connection with the portal. Upon successful authentication,
the portal generates a satellite cookie, which it uses to authenticate
the satellite on subsequent sessions. The cookie lifetime is 180 days,
after which the satellite administrator must manually authenticate
again in order for the portal to issue a new cookie. This behavior
is only supported on PAN-OS 10.1 or later releases. If you have
a portal running 10.1 or later, with satellites running an earlier
version of PAN-OS, the satellites will no longer be able to authenticate
to the portal. Additionally, any satellites running on PAN-OS 10.1 or
later that previously authenticated using serial numbers will require
manual authentication. |