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PA-5500 Series Hardware Reference

PA-5500 Series Firewall LED Definitions

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PA-5500 Series Firewall LED Definitions

Learn about the meanings of the LEDs on the PA-5500 Series Firewall.

The following table describes how to interpret the status LEDs on a PA-5500 Series firewall.

LED	Description
Front Panel LEDs
	Service Blue—The firewall is instructed by the CLI or Web Interface to enable this LED. Off—The LED has not been enabled.
	Power Green—The firewall is powered on. Yellow—The firewall has encountered a hardware failure. Off—The firewall is not powered on.
	Status Green—The firewall is operating normally. Yellow—The firewall is booting.
	NGFW Clustering The LED behavior for this functionality is not implemented yet.
	Temperature Green—The firewall temperature is normal. Yellow—The firewall temperature is outside tolerance levels. See the PA-5500 Series Firewall Environmental Specifications for the operating temperature range.
	Controller Green—The firewall is connected to Panorama. Blue—The firewall is connected to SCM or a SDWAN controller. Yellow (Blinking)—The firewall is trying to connect to a controller. Yellow (Solid)—The firewall encountered a connectivity error. Off—The firewall is not attempting to connect to a controller.
	Alarm Red—A hardware failure, such as a power supply failure, a firewall failure that caused an HA failover, a drive failure, or the hardware overheated and exceeded the high temperature threshold. Off—The firewall is operating normally.
	Fans Green—All fans are operating normally. Yellow—A fan has failed.
	Power Supplies Green—The power supplies are functioning normally. Red—One of the power supplies is not working. Off—Power supplies are not installed
Port LEDs
RJ-45	These ports have one green LED each. Solid Green—The firewall network link is up. Blinking Green—The firewall is processing network activity.
QSFP-DD	The LEDs are illuminated based on breakout status. Breaking out the port to 100Gbps causes all LEDs to glow blue. If the port is not broken out, the LEDs glow purple for 400Gbps.
SFP28 and QSFP28	The SFP28 ports have two LEDs each. The QSFP28 ports have one or four corresponding LEDs each depending on if the ports are broken out or not. The color of the LED differs based on the port speed. Refer to the descriptions on the PA-5500 Series Firewall Front Panel for the supported speeds on each port. 10G—Green 25G—Green & Blue 40G—Yellow 100G—Blue 400G—Purple Solid Color—The firewall network link is up. Blinking Color—The firewall is processing network activity.

PA-5500 Series Firewall Maintenance

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