Changes to Default Behavior in PAN-OS 10.1
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Changes to Default Behavior in PAN-OS 10.1

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Changes to Default Behavior in PAN-OS 10.1

What default behavior changes impact PAN-OS 10.1?
The following table details the changes in default behavior upon upgrade to PAN-OSĀ® 10.1. You may also want to review the Upgrade/Downgrade Considerations before upgrading to this release.
FeatureChange
SSL Inbound Inspection
The firewall now proxies all decrypted inbound traffic to servers, so SSL Inbound Inspection cannot decrypt some inbound sessions, such as sessions with client authentication or pinned certificates. In addition, the firewall does not support High Availability sync for decrypted SSL sessions.
Satellite Authentication
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.
GlobalProtect App for Android Configuration from an MDM
The keyword to configure Per-App VPN on Android devices from an MDM changed from block list and allow list to blocklist and allowlist upon upgrade to PAN-OS 10.1. You will need to change your MDM configuration for this setting upon upgrade.
Authentication Key for Secure Onboarding
A device registration authentication key is now required to securely onboard new firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire appliances running PAN-OS 10.1.0 and later releases. The device registration authentication key is used for mutual authentication between the Panorama management server and the firewall, Log Collector, or WildFire appliance on first connection. See the PAN-OS 10.1 New Features Guide for more information.
Persistent Uncommitted Changes on PAN-OS
On upgrade to PAN-OS 10.1, all uncommitted configuration changes on firewalls and Panorama are preserved if the management process, firewall, or Panorama restart before you can commit the changes. This is supported for PA-Series and VM-Series firewalls and Panorama M-Series and virtual appliances.
Device Group Push from Panorama to a Multi-VSYS Firewall.
One or more device group pushes from Panorama to multiple VSYS on a multi-VSYS firewall are now bundled as a single commit job on the managed firewall to reduce the overall commit job completion time.
Software Next Generation Firewall Credits
In PAN-OS 10.1 you can use Software Next Generation Firewall credits to license VM-Series firewalls deployed with up to 32 vCPUs. Previously Software Next Generation Firewall Credits could license no more than 16 vCPUs.
VM-700 Deployment on Hyper-V
When a VM-700 is deployed on Hyper-V there is a drop in performance if the host physical function (PF) max transmission unit (MTU) is set 1504 while the device MTU is set to 1500 and the device maximum segment size (MSS) is set to 1460.To work around this issue, set the host PF MTU to 1500 and on the device, set the MTU to 1496 and the MSS to 1456.
Reduced Session Capacity on the PA-3260
The maximum number of sessions supported on the PA-3260 firewall are reduced from 3M to 2.2M to preserve Dataplane memory.
Log Forwarding on the PA-7000 Series Firewall
Beginning with PAN-OS 10.1, the PA-7000 Series Firewall only uses the logging port and the corresponding log card (LPC or LFC) to forward system and configuration logs.
System and configuration logs are not forwarded if the corresponding (LPC or LFC) is not configured.
SNMP Traps
By default, SNMP Traps are now forwarded on the logging port of the LFC introduced for the PA-7000 Series and PA-5400 Series firewalls in PAN-OS 10.1.
For PA-7000 Series firewalls, SNMP Traps are not forwarded if the LFC is not configured.
Preview Changes
After you upgrade Panorama to PAN-OS 10.1, Preview Changes (CommitPreview Changes) shows that HIP Profiles called source-hip-any and destination-hip-any were added to each Security policy rule for any managed firewall running PAN-OS 9.1 or earlier release instead of hip-profiles-any. This is due to a change to the XML file Panorama uses to compare the running and candidate configurations in PAN-OS 10.0 and later releases. You can ignore this error as the push will succeed.
Authentication Settings for Panorama Managed Firewalls
If you configure the Failed Attempts Authentication Setting (DeviceSetupManagement) for managed firewalls as part of a template or template stack configuration on Panorama, the minimum value for the setting is 1.
Window Size Customization Added to Replay Protection
To allow you to customize the window size when you Enable Replay Protection during IPSec tunnel configuration, an Anti-Replay Window has been added. You can select an anti-replay window size of 64, 128, 256, 512, 1024, 2048, or 4096.
In addition, the default size of the anti-replay window has been increased to 1024.
Scheduled Log Export
(PAN-OS 10.1.5 and later releases)
Scheduled log exports (DeviceLog Export) may not export logs as scheduled if multiple logs are scheduled to export at the same time.
Workaround: When scheduling your log exports, maintain at least 6 hours between each scheduled log export.
Add a Device to Panorama Management
After you successfully add a managed firewall or Dedicated Log Collector to Panorama management using the device registration auth key, the managed firewall or Dedicated Log Collector automatically disconnects and then reconnects to Panorama using the certificate provided by Panorama.
After the managed firewall or Dedicated Log Collector automatically reconnects to Panorama, the connection Status (PanoramaManaged DevicesSummary or PanoramaManaged Collectors) reflects the connection status accurately.
Test SCP Server Connection
(PAN-OS 10.1.9 and later releases)
To test the SCP server connection when you schedule a configuration export (PanoramaSchedule Config Export) or log export (DeviceScheduled Log Export), a new pop-up window is displayed requiring you to enter the SCP server clear textPassword and Confirm Pasword to test the SCP server connection and enable the secure transfer of data.
You must also enter the clear text SCP server Password and Confirm Password when you test the SCP server connection from the firewall or Panoram CLI.
admin>test scp-server-connection initiate <ip> username <username> password <clear-text-password>
Panorama Data for Pre-Defined Reports
After upgrade to PAN-OS 10.1, Use Panorama Data for Pre-Defined Reports (PanoramaSetupManagement) is enabled by default. This results in Panorama generating pre-defined reports from log collectors rather than from managed firewalls.