Verify the PA-7000 Series Firewall LPC Configuration
After you install the Log Processing Card (LPC) and
Advanced Mezzanine Cards (AMCs) in the chassis, the firewall configures
the first two drives on the left (A1 and A2) in a RAID 1
pair and the second two drives (B1 and B2 on the right) in a second
RAID 1 pair. If the AMCs contain 1TB drives the total log
storage capacity is 2TBs; if the AMCs contain 2TB drives the total
capacity is 4TBs. The initial formating and RAID 1 configuration
will take approximately 3 minutes.
The chassis will not operate without a functioning LPC
with at least one drive configured. During normal operation, all
four drives should be installed and configured in two RAID 1 pairs.
To view the status of the RAID configuration, run the following
command:
admin@PA-7050>
show system
raid detail
Confirm that at least one RAID 1 pair shows
Available
,
which indicates that a drive pair is ready and the LPC can receive logs.
In the following output,
Disk Pair S8A
shows
Available
and
the status of the first RAID 1 is
clean
.
The second RAID 1 pair (
Disk Pair S8B
)
is also ready.
Disk Pair S8A Available
Status clean
Disk id A1 Present
model : ST91000640NS
size : 953869 MB
status : active sync
card serial : 002901000061
Disk id A2 Present
model : ST91000640NS
size : 953869 MB
status : active sync
card serial : 002901000067
Disk Pair S8B Available
Status clean
Disk id B1 Present
model : ST91000640NS
size : 953869 MB
status : active sync
card serial : 002901000089
Disk id B2 Present
model : ST91000640NS
size : 953869 MB
status : active sync
card serial : 002901000076
The following table describes the possible status levels for
a drive:
AMC Status Indicators
| The drive is not part of a RAID pair. |
| After replacing a failed drive in a RAID
1 pair, this status message indicates that the firewall is synchronizing
data from the existing drive to the new drive. |
| The drive is ready and is currently part
of a RAID 1. |
| The drive has failed and must be replaced. |
