PA-5200 Series Firewall Overview
Learn about the PA-5200 series firewall.
The Palo Alto Networks® PA-5200 Series
next-generation firewalls are designed for data center and internet
gateway deployments. This series is comprised of the PA-5220, PA-5250,
PA-5260, and PA-5280 firewalls. These models provide flexibility
in performance and throughput levels to help you meet your deployment
requirements. All models in this series provide next-generation
security features to help you secure your organization through advanced
visibility and control of applications, users, and content.
First Supported PAN-OS® Software Release:
- PAN-OS 8.0—PA-5220, PA-5250, and PA-5260 firewalls
- PAN-OS 8.1—PA-5280 firewall
The PA-5280 firewall is identical to the PA-5260 firewall
except that the PA-5280 firewall has double the dataplane memory,
which doubles the session capacity.
The following topics describe the hardware features of the PA-5200
Series firewalls. To view or compare performance and capacity information,
refer to the
Product Selection tool.
