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    PA-5400 Series Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Reference

    Interpret the PA-5400 NC-A LEDs

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    Interpret the PA-5400 NC-A LEDs

    Learn how to interpret the PA-5400 NC-A LEDs to monitor the status of the card.
    Use the following information to learn how to interpret the LED dashboard and port LEDs on the PA-5400 Networking Card (NC-A)
    The following table describes the functions and states of the NC-A LED dashboard.
    LED
    State
    Description
    TMP
    (Temperature)
    Green
    The card temperature is normal.
    Yellow
    The card temperature is outside the temperature tolerance.
    ALM
    (Alarm)
    Red
    The card hardware failed.
    Off
    The card is operating normally.
    STS (STATUS)
    Green
    The card is operating normally.
    Yellow
    The card is booting up.
    PWR
    Green
    The card is powered on.
    Off
    The card is powered off.
    SVC (Service)
    Allows a remote administrator to illuminate the SVC LED on a specific front-slot card so an on-site technician can locate the card.
    Enter the following command to view the status of the SVC LED on all cards that have this LED: 
    admin@PA-5450> show system service-led status
Service LED
Slot    Description       Status
s1      PA-5400-NC-A      On    
s2      empty             Off   
s3      PA-5400-DPC-A     On    
s4      empty             Off   
s5      empty             Off   
s6      empty             Off   
s7      PA-5400-MPC-A     On   
    SVC (Continued)
    Enter the following command to view the status for a card in a specific slot:
    admin@PA-5450> show system service-led status slot s3
    Enter the following command to enable all SVC LEDs:
    admin@PA-5450>set system setting service-led enable yes
    Enter the following command to disable the SVC LED:
    admin@PA-5450> set system setting service-led enable no
    Enter the following command to enable the SVC LED on the card in a specific slot:
    admin@PA-5450> set system setting service-led enable slot s3 yes
    Off
    LED is off.
    On
    LED is solid blue.
    The following table describes functions and states of the SFP+ port LEDs.
    LED
    Description
    Left
    The LED shows green if there is a network link.
    Right
    Blinks green or stays green if there is network activity.
    The following table describes functions and states of the QSFP28 port LEDs. The LEDs are tri-color and the color indicates link and the current port speed.
    Interface Speed
    Green LED
    Blue LED
    Yellow LED
    10Gbps
    On
    Off
    Off
    25Gbps
    On
    On
    Off
    40Gbps
    Off
    Off
    On
    100Gbps
    Off
    On
    Off

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