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PA-7500 Next-Generation Firewall

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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.

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