Through the Device and Network tabs, you can deploy a common base configuration to multiple firewalls that require similar settings using a template or a template stack (a combination of templates). When managing firewall configurations with Panorama, you use a combination of device groups (to manage shared policies and objects) and templates (to manage shared device and network settings).

In addition to the settings available from the dialogs for creating Templates or Template Stacks, PanoramaTemplates displays the following columns: