There are a few ways you can manage your NGFWs: you can manage a NGFW directly using the PAN-OS web interface, you can centrally manage multiple NGFWs using Panorama, and you can also now use Strata Cloud Manager to manage NGFWs. Depending on the management interface you're using, here's what you need to get started with activation and onboarding, integrating a NGFW into your network, and setting up your initial configuration:

After your NGFWs are set up, enable telemetry to take advantage of AIOps for NGFW. AIOps for NGFW gives you an overview of the health and security of your next-generation firewall deployment to help you identify areas of improvement and close security gaps.