Lists the versions that are currently available on the Palo Alto Networks Update Server. To check if a new software release is available from Palo Alto Networks, click Check Now. The firewall uses the service route to connect to the Update Server and checks for new content release versions and, if there are updates available, displays them at the top of the list.

Displays the date and time that the firewall last connected to the update server and checked if an update was available.

Allows you to schedule the frequency for retrieving updates.

You can define how often and when the dynamic content updates occur—the Recurrence and time—and whether to Download Only or to Download and Install scheduled updates

For Antivirus and Applications and Threats updates, you have the option to set a minimum Threshold of time that a content update must be available before the firewall installs it. Very rarely, there can be an error in a content update and this threshold ensures that the firewall only downloads content releases that have been available and functioning in customer environments for the specified amount of time.

For Applications and Threats content updates, you can also set a threshold that applies specifically to content updates with new and modified applications. An extended application threshold gives you more time to assess and adjust your security policy based on changes that new or modified applications introduce.

For WildFire updates, you have the option to retrieve signatures in real-time, allowing you to access the signatures as soon as they are generated. Signatures that are downloaded during a sample check are saved in the firewall cache, and are available for fast (local) look-ups. In addition, to maximize coverage, the firewall also automatically downloads an additional signature package on a regular basis when real-time signatures is enabled. These supplemental signatures are added to the firewall cache and remain available until they become stale and are refreshed or are overwritten by new signatures.

List the filename; it includes the content version information.

Lists what type of signatures the content version might include.

For Applications and Threats content release versions, this field might display an option to review Apps, Threats. Click this option to view new application signatures made available since the last content release version installed on the firewall. You can also use the New Applications dialog to Enable/Disable new applications. You might choose to disable a new application included in a content release if you want to avoid any policy impact from an application being uniquely identified (an application might be treated differently before and after a content installation if a previously unknown application is identified and categorized differently).

For Device Dictionary, this field is IoT, short for IoT Security, the cloud Security service that uses the device dictionary as a critical component in the accurate enforcement of Security policy rules based on Device-ID.

Indicates whether the download includes a full database update or an incremental update.

Displays the size of the content update package.

The checksum used to verify the integrity of the file.

The date and time Palo Alto Networks made the content release available.

A check mark in this column indicates that the corresponding content release version has been downloaded to the firewall.

A check mark in this column indicates that the corresponding content release version is currently running on the firewall.

Indicates the current action you can take for the corresponding software image as follows:

Provides a link to the release notes for the corresponding version.

Remove the previously downloaded content release version from the firewall.

If the firewall does not have access to the Palo Alto Networks Update Server, you can manually download dynamic updates from the Palo Alto Networks Support site in the Dynamic Updates section. After you download an update to your computer, Upload the update to the firewall. You then select Install From File and select the file you downloaded.