Session distribution policies define how PA-5200 Series and PA-7000 Series firewalls distribute security
processing (App-ID, Content-ID, URL filtering, SSL decryption, and IPSec) among
dataplane processors (DPs) on the firewall. Each policy is specifically designed for a
certain type of network environment and firewall configuration to ensure that the
firewall distributes sessions with maximum efficiency. For example, the Hash session
distribution policy is best fit for environments that use large scale source NAT.
The following topics provide information about the available
session distribution policies, how to change an active policy, and
how to view session distribution statistics.