M-Series Appliance Interfaces
Table of Contents
11.1 & Later
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- Determine Panorama Log Storage Requirements
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- Setup Prerequisites for the Panorama Virtual Appliance
- Perform Initial Configuration of the Panorama Virtual Appliance
- Set Up The Panorama Virtual Appliance as a Log Collector
- Set Up the Panorama Virtual Appliance with Local Log Collector
- Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Panorama Mode
- Set up a Panorama Virtual Appliance in Management Only Mode
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- Preserve Existing Logs When Adding Storage on Panorama Virtual Appliance in Legacy Mode
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on an ESXi Server
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on vCloud Air
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Alibaba Cloud
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on AWS
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Azure
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Google Cloud Platform
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on KVM
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Hyper-V
- Add a Virtual Disk to Panorama on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Mount the Panorama ESXi Server to an NFS Datastore
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- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on an ESXi Server
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on vCloud Air
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Alibaba Cloud
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on AWS
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Azure
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Google Cloud Platform
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on KVM
- Increase CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Hyper-V
- Increase the CPUs and Memory for Panorama on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI)
- Complete the Panorama Virtual Appliance Setup
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- Convert Your Evaluation Panorama to a Production Panorama with Local Log Collector
- Convert Your Evaluation Panorama to a Production Panorama without Local Log Collector
- Convert Your Evaluation Panorama to VM-Flex Licensing with Local Log Collector
- Convert Your Evaluation Panorama to VM-Flex Licensing without Local Log Collector
- Convert Your Production Panorama to an ELA Panorama
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- Register Panorama
- Activate a Panorama Support License
- Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the Panorama Virtual Appliance is Internet-connected
- Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License when the Panorama Virtual Appliance is not Internet-connected
- Activate/Retrieve a Firewall Management License on the M-Series Appliance
- Install the Panorama Device Certificate
- Install the Device Certificate for a Dedicated Log Collector
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- Migrate from a Panorama Virtual Appliance to an M-Series Appliance
- Migrate a Panorama Virtual Appliance to a Different Hypervisor
- Migrate from an M-Series Appliance to a Panorama Virtual Appliance
- Migrate from an M-500 Appliance to an M-700 Appliance
- Migrate from an M-600 Appliance to an M-700 Appliance
- Migrate from an M-100 Appliance to an M-500 Appliance
- Migrate from an M-100 or M-500 Appliance to an M-200 or M-600 Appliance
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- Configure an Admin Role Profile
- Configure an Admin Role Profile for Selective Push to Managed Firewalls
- Configure an Access Domain
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- Configure a Panorama Administrator Account
- Configure Local or External Authentication for Panorama Administrators
- Configure a Panorama Administrator with Certificate-Based Authentication for the Web Interface
- Configure an Administrator with SSH Key-Based Authentication for the CLI
- Configure RADIUS Authentication for Panorama Administrators
- Configure TACACS+ Authentication for Panorama Administrators
- Configure SAML Authentication for Panorama Administrators
- Enable SCP Uploads for an Administrator
- Configure Tracking of Administrator Activity
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- Add a Firewall as a Managed Device
- Change Between Panorama Management and Cloud Management
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- Add a Device Group
- Create a Device Group Hierarchy
- Create Objects for Use in Shared or Device Group Policy
- Revert to Inherited Object Values
- Manage Unused Shared Objects
- Manage Precedence of Inherited Objects
- Move or Clone a Policy Rule or Object to a Different Device Group
- Push a Policy Rule to a Subset of Firewalls
- Device Group Push to a Multi-VSYS Firewall
- Manage the Rule Hierarchy
- Manage the Master Key from Panorama
- Schedule a Configuration Push to Managed Firewalls
- Redistribute Data to Managed Firewalls
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- Plan the Transition to Panorama Management
- Migrate a Firewall to Panorama Management and Reuse Existing Configuration
- Migrate a Firewall to Panorama Management and Push a New Configuration
- Migrate a Firewall HA Pair to Panorama Management and Reuse Existing Configuration
- Migrate a Firewall HA Pair to Panorama Management and Push a New Configuration
- Load a Partial Firewall Configuration into Panorama
- Localize a Panorama Pushed Configuration on a Managed Firewall
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- Configure a Managed Collector
- Monitor Managed Collector Health Status
- Configure Log Forwarding to Panorama
- Configure Syslog Forwarding to External Destinations
- Forward Logs to Strata Logging Service
- Verify Log Forwarding to Panorama
- Modify Log Forwarding and Buffering Defaults
- Configure Log Forwarding from Panorama to External Destinations
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- Add Standalone WildFire Appliances to Manage with Panorama
- Remove a WildFire Appliance from Panorama Management
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- Configure a Cluster and Add Nodes on Panorama
- Configure General Cluster Settings on Panorama
- Remove a Cluster from Panorama Management
- Configure Appliance-to-Appliance Encryption Using Predefined Certificates Centrally on Panorama
- Configure Appliance-to-Appliance Encryption Using Custom Certificates Centrally on Panorama
- View WildFire Cluster Status Using Panorama
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- Preview, Validate, or Commit Configuration Changes
- Commit Selective Configuration Changes for Managed Devices
- Push Selective Configuration Changes to Managed Devices
- Enable Automated Commit Recovery
- Compare Changes in Panorama Configurations
- Manage Locks for Restricting Configuration Changes
- Add Custom Logos to Panorama
- Use the Panorama Task Manager
- Reboot or Shut Down Panorama
- Configure Panorama Password Profiles and Complexity
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- Verify Panorama Port Usage
- Resolve Zero Log Storage for a Collector Group
- Replace a Failed Disk on an M-Series Appliance
- Replace the Virtual Disk on an ESXi Server
- Replace the Virtual Disk on vCloud Air
- Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance in Log Collector Mode
- Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance in Panorama Mode
- Migrate Logs to a New M-Series Appliance Model in Panorama Mode in High Availability
- Migrate Logs to the Same M-Series Appliance Model in Panorama Mode in High Availability
- Migrate Log Collectors after Failure/RMA of Non-HA Panorama
- Regenerate Metadata for M-Series Appliance RAID Pairs
- View Log Query Jobs
- Troubleshoot Registration or Serial Number Errors
- Troubleshoot Reporting Errors
- Troubleshoot Device Management License Errors
- Troubleshoot Automatically Reverted Firewall Configurations
- View Task Success or Failure Status
- Generate a Stats Dump File for a Managed Firewall
- Recover Managed Device Connectivity to Panorama
- Restore an Expired Device Certificate
M-Series Appliance Interfaces
The Panorama M-700, M-600, M-300, and M-200 appliances have several interfaces for communicating
with other systems such as managed firewalls and the client systems of Panorama
administrators. Panorama communicates with these systems to perform various services,
including managing devices (firewalls, Log Collectors, and WildFire appliances and
appliance clusters), collecting logs, communicating with Collector Groups, deploying
software and content updates to devices, and providing administrative access to
Panorama. By default, Panorama uses its management (MGT) interface for all these
services. However, you can improve security by reserving the MGT interface for
administrative access and dedicating separate interfaces for the other services. In a
large-scale network with multiple subnetworks and heavy log traffic, using multiple
interfaces for device management and log collection also enables network segmentation
and load balancing (see Configure Panorama to Use Multiple Interfaces).
When assigning Panorama services to various interfaces, keep in mind that only the MGT interface
allows administrative access to Panorama for configuration and monitoring tasks. You can
assign any interface to the other services when you Perform Initial Configuration of the M-Series Appliance. The M-Series
Appliance Hardware Reference Guides explain where to attach cables for the
interfaces.
The M-Series appliances, with the exception of the M-700,
do not support Link Aggregation Control Protocol (LACP) for aggregating
interfaces. The M-700 supports LACP for aggregate interface bond1.
Supported Interfaces
Interfaces can be used for device management, log collection, Collector
Group communication, licensing and software updates. See Configure Panorama to Use Multiple Interfaces for more information on
network segmentation.
Interface | Maximum Speed | M-700 Appliance | M-600 Appliance | M-300 Appliance | M-200 Appliance |
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Management (MGT) | 1Gbps | — | ![]() | — | ![]() |
10Gbps | ![]() | — | ![]() | — | |
Ethernet 1 (Eth1) | 1Gbps | — | ![]() | — | ![]() |
10Gbps | ![]() | — | ![]() | — | |
Ethernet 2 (Eth2) | 1Gbps | — | ![]() | — | ![]() |
Ethernet 3 (Eth3) | 1Gbps | — | ![]() | — | ![]() |
Ethernet 4 (Eth4) | 10Gbps | — | ![]() | — | — |
Ethernet 5 (Eth5) | 10Gbps | — | ![]() | — | — |
The M-700 Appliance has two ports on its back panel labeled Ethernet 1/2 and
Ethernet 1/3; however, the appliance uses a 20Gb aggregate software interface
called
bond1
instead of separate Eth2 and Eth3
subinterfaces.Logging Rates
Review the logging rates for the all M-Series appliance models. To achieve the logging rates
listed below, the M-Series appliance must be a single log collector in a collector
group and you must install all the logging disks for your M-Series model.
Model Capacities and Features | M-700 Appliance | M-600 Appliance | M-300 Appliance | M-200 Appliance |
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Maximum Logging Rate for Panorama in Management Only mode | Local log storage is not supported | |||
Maximum Logging Rate for Panorama in Panorama Mode | 36,500 logs/second | 25,000 logs/second | 16,500 logs/second | 10,000 logs/second |
Maximum Logging Rate for Panorama in Log Collector Mode | 73,000 logs/second | 50,000 logs/second | 33,000 logs/second | 28,000 logs/second |
Maximum Log Storage on Appliance | 48TB (12x8TB RAID disk) | 48TB (12x8TB RAID disk) | 16TB (4x8TB RAID disk) | 16TB (4x8TB RAID disk) |
Default Log Storage on Appliance | 16TB (4x8TB RAID disks) | 16TB (4x8TB RAID disks) | 16TB (4x8TB RAID disks) | 16TB (4x8TB RAID disks) |
SSD Storage on Appliance (for logs that M-Series appliances
generate) | 240GB | 240GB | 240GB | 240GB |
NFS Attached Log Storage | Not available |