PA-7500 Next-Generation Firewall
Learn about the new PA-7500 chassis firewall.
The
PA-7500 is a new modular chassis that
upgrades the PA-7000 Series firewall. The high-performance PA-7500 is intended for
deployments where scalability and high speed connectivity are needed, such as
high-end enterprise and service providers.
The PA-7500 is supported on PAN-OS 11.1 and later versions. The
firewall features the following interface cards:
- Management Processing Card (MPC) — provides the firewall
with a management interface that includes dual 400Gbps (QSFP-DD) HSCI ports,
dual 100Gb/s (zQSFP) ports for logging and dual SFP28 (25GE/10GE/1GE) ports for
external management connectivity.
- Network Processing Card (NPC) — provides network
connectivity through eight QSFP-DD interfaces and twelve SFP-DD interfaces. The
QSFP-DD ports are capable of 400Gbps speed and also support QSFP28 (100Gbps) and
QSFP+ (40Gbps) optics. These optics can make use of breakout mode to provide
four 25Gbps ports or four 10Gbps ports. The SFP-DD ports are capable of 100Gbps
operation and support SFP28, SFP+, and SFP optics.
- Data Processing Card (DPC) — provides increased processing
power and capacity to the firewall.
- Switch Fabric Card (SFC) — provides data plane connectivity
to the other interface cards as well as redundant switching fabric.
The PA-7500 can be powered by AC or DC power supplies and supports
power redundancy. The chassis occupies 14RU of rack space and must be installed in
an appropriate 19” equipment rack.
