A Palo Alto Networks^® next-generation firewall can operate in multiple deployments at once because the deployments occur at the interface level. For example, you can configure some interfaces for Layer 3 interfaces to integrate the firewall into your dynamic routing environment, while configuring other interfaces to integrate into your Layer 2 switching network.

The following topics describe each type of interface deployment and how to configure it, how to configure Bonjour Reflector, and how to use interface management profiles.