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    Monitor Colo-Connect

    View and monitor your private connectivity to hybrid cloud and on-premises data centers over cloud interconnects.
    Where Can I Use This?What Do I Need?
    • Prisma Access (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager)
    • Prisma Access (Managed by Panorama)
    • Prisma Access license
    • A minimum of two Colo-Connect add-on licenses and service connection licenses dependent on number of users or site bandwidth
    • Prisma Access 4.1: up to 20 Gbps per compute region (minimum dataplane version of 10.2.4 required).
    • Prisma Access 5.2: GRE keepalive disablement enhancements added for Prisma Access (Managed by Panorama) deployments (added in the October 2025 release for Prisma Access (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager) deployments).
    • Prisma Access 6.1: up to 100 Gbps per compute region, the use of non-GRE tunnels, and MACsec support (minimum dataplane version of 11.2.7 required). If you use a plugin version of 6.1 or later, purchasing a Colo-Connect 100 Gbps license automatically enables the feature. If you’re running an earlier plugin version, upgrade to version 6.1 or later and reach out to your Palo Alto Networks account representative, who will submit an SRE submit a ticket to enable Colo-Connect 100 Gbps.
    • Prisma Access 6.1.1: MACsec support for Prisma Access (Managed by Strata Cloud Manager) deployments.
    Prisma Access Colo-Connect leverages the cloud-native GCP interconnect technology to provide high-bandwidth service connections to your private applications. Colo-Connect coexists with the existing IPSec tunnel-based service connections, so if you need to provide private app access to smaller data centers that don’t require high-bandwidth throughput, you could also use service connections to those data centers. Gain visibility into your Colo-Connect deployment by viewing metrics such as the number of Colo-Connect links and status, throughput trends, and individual tunnel, connection, and link details. By viewing data about your Colo-Connect service connections, you can get an overall picture of the health and connectivity of your deployment.
    To view and monitor your private connectivity to hybrid cloud and on-premises data centers over cloud interconnects, go to InsightsPrisma SASEData Centers Service Connections. For more information about non-Colo-Connect service connections in this area, see the Strata Cloud Manager Getting Started Guide.

    Service Connections Overview

    Service Connections Overview shows the number of service connections by transport Type.
    You can see an aggregation of connected transports by Type or their availability Status.
    • IPSec
    • Colo-Connect
    You can view tunnel transport type by status: Up, Down, Degraded, or Unknown.
    Select View all Colo-Connect links and connections to view the Colo-Connect details page.

    Colo-Connect Links and Connections: Throughput Trend

    Throughput Trend shows the ingress and egress throughput traffic consumed by this service connection during the time range selected.

    Colo-Connect Links and Connections: Bytes Transferred and Throughput

    Bytes Transferred shows an aggregation of ingress and egress bytes consumed and the difference in consumption from the time range you selected previously. Throughput shows the 95th percentile of bandwidth consumed in the last 30 days.

    Colo-Connect Links and Connections: Links

    If you have a Colo-Connect 100 Gbps license, you can view the Links section, which shows the status of the Colo-Connect links (also known as interconnects).
    • Link Name—The name of the Colo-Connect link.
    • Status—The name of the Colo-Connect link.
    • Link Type—The link type (either Partner or Dedicated).
    • Location—The link location. Partner links show a location of N/A; dedicated links show the location Colo to which is it connected.
    • Macsec counters (Deployments that have Media Access Control (MACsec) Security Enabled Only)—Monitors the health and security of links.
    Click View Details to get more information about the MACsec counters.
      • Control & Data Packets—The number of control packets and data packets that were sent and received.
      • Dropped & Error Packets—The number of dropped packets and error packets that were sent and received.

    Colo-Connect Links and Connections: Connections

    If you have a Colo-Connect 100 Gbps license, you can view the Connection section, which shows the status of the Colo-Connect links (also known as VLAN Attachments).
    • Connection Name—The name of the connection.
    • Status—The connection's status.
      • ACTIVE—Connection is provisioned and BGP is established.
      • UNPROVISIONED—Connection has not been provisioned.
      • PENDING_PARTNER—Pairing key has not yet been entered on the partner interconnect.
      • PARTNER_REQUEST_RECEIVED—Pairing key has been entered on the partner interconnect and is awaiting partner activation.
      • PENDING_CUSTOMER—Connection is awaiting required customer configuration or approval.
      • DEFUNCT—Connection is no longer valid and cannot be used.
    • Link Name—The link to which the connection is attached.
    • VLAN ID—The VLAN ID of the connection.
    • Location—The Colo-Connect location.
    • Edge Availability Zone—the zone used for this connection (either Zone1 or Zone2).
    • Allocated Bandwidth—The bandwidth allocated for this connection.
    • 95p Throughput—The 95th percentile of bandwidth that the connection consumed in the time provided in the filter (3 hours, 24 hours, seven days, or 30 days).
    • Connections Mode—The mode of the connection (either Active or Backup).
    • BGP Status—The BGP status of the connection (either Up or Down).

    Service Connections

    If you don't sort connections by Colo-Connect connections, the Service Connections table displays. For more information about the Service Connections table, see the Strata Cloud Manager Getting Started Guide information about InsightsPrisma SASEData Centers. For Colo-Connect, the Transport Type is Colo-Connect instead of IPSec.
    For Colo-Connect:
    • The Transport Type displays as Colo-Connect instead of IPSec.
    • The Tunnel Status (Current) column displays a value of N/A.

    Service Connection Details

    For more information about the Service Connection Details table, see the Strata Cloud Manager Getting Started Guide.
    If you have a Colo-Connect 10Gbps license and you select a Transport Type of Colo-Connect, this page displays the details of your GRE tunnels; if you have a Colo-Connect 100Gbps license, this page displays the Colo-Connect Links and Connections: Connections table.

    Service Connection Status, Colo-Connect, and Concurrent Sessions

    These areas display:
    • The service connection's Access Location and, if you have a 10 Gbps license GRE Tunnels status (Up, Down, or Warning).
    • The total number of Colo-Connect links and connections.
    • The number of Concurrent Sessions and the number of total sessions during the past 30 days.

    Bytes Transferred and Bandwidth Consumed (10 Gbps Licenses Only)

    Bytes Transferred shows the aggregation of ingress and egress bytes that this service connection consumed, as well as the difference in consumption from the previously selected time range. You can also view the Bandwidth Consumed, which is the 95th percentile of bandwidth that the service connection has consumed.

    GRE Tunnels (10 Gbps Licenses Only)

    If you have a Colo-Connect 10 GB license, you can view details about the Colo-Connect GRE tunnels:
    • Tunnel Name—The unique tunnel name.
    • Tunnel Status—Up, Down, or Unknown.
    • Connection Name—The connection's unique name.
    • Tunnel State—The connection status (Active or Backup).
    • Remote IP—Destination IP address.
    • Source IP—Local device's IP address.
    • 95% Throughput—The 95th percentile of bandwidth consumed in the last 30 days.
    • Peak Throughput—Peak throughput during the time range selected.
    • BGP Status—Up, Down, Degraded, or Unknown.
    • BGP Local IP—The BGP local IP.
    • Disconnections—How many disconnections this tunnel has had.
    • Disconnections Duration—How long the disconnections lasted.
    • Ingress Bytes—How many ingress bytes consumed during the time range selected.
    • Egress Bytes—How many egress bytes consumed during the time range selected.
    • Ingress Packet Count—The ingress packet count.
    • Egress Packet Count—The egress packet count.

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