What Panorama modes are available on Hardware Platforms
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Created On 09/11/19 02:00 AM - Last Modified 09/11/19 02:09 AM
Question
What Panorama modes are available on M-Series hardware platforms?
Environment
- PAN-OS 8.1 and 9.0
- M-Series appliance M-100, M-200, M-500 or M-600
Answer
Panorama on dedicated hardware platforms such as M-100, M-200, M-500 and M-600 is intended for large-scale deployments with high logging rate over 10,0000 logs per second and can be configured in one of the following modes.
- Panorama mode
The appliance functions as a Panorama management server to manage firewalls and Dedicated Log Collectors. The appliance also supports a local Log Collector to aggregate firewall logs. Panorama mode is the default mode. For configuration details, see Deploy Panorama M-Series Appliances with Local Log Collectors.
- Management Only mode
The Panorama appliance is a dedicated management appliance for your managed devices and Dedicated Log Collectors. The Panorama appliance has no log collection capabilities except for config and system logs and your deployment requires a Dedicated Log Collector to store these logs. By default, the Panorama appliance in Management Only mode has only one disk partition for all data so all logs forwarded to a Panorama virtual appliance in Management Only mode are dropped. Therefore, to store the log data from your managed appliances, you must configure log forwarding in order to store the log data from your managed devices.
- Log Collector mode
The appliance functions as a Dedicated Log Collector. When multiple firewalls forward large volumes of log data, an M-Series appliance in Log Collector mode provides increased scale and performance. In this mode, the appliance does not have a web interface for administrative access; it has only a command line interface (CLI). You can manage the appliance using the web interface of the Panorama management server. CLI access to an M-Series appliance in Log Collector mode is necessary only for initial setup and debugging. For configuration details, see Deploy Panorama with Dedicated Log Collectors.
Additional Information
PAN-OS 8.0 on M-Series appliance only supports Panorama mode and Log Collector mode. Management mode is not supported.
For additional details, Refer the detailed Documentation.