What to do when observing Core power limit notification and Package power limit notification on every startup of PA-Series Next-Generation Firewalls?
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Created On 12/27/23 05:52 AM - Last Modified 10/27/25 20:03 PM
Question
What to do when observing Core power limit notification and Package power limit notification on every startup of PA-Series Next-Generation Firewalls?
Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU2: Core power limit notification (total events = 362) Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU4: Core power limit notification (total events = 362) Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU3: Core power limit notification (total events = 362) Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU6: Core power limit notification (total events = 362) Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU1: Core power limit notification (total events = 362) Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU7: Core power limit notification (total events = 362) Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU0: Core power limit notification (total events = 362) Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU5: Core power limit notification (total events = 362) Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU4: Package power limit notification (total events = 361) Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU3: Package power limit notification (total events = 361) Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU6: Package power limit notification (total events = 362) Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU1: Package power limit notification (total events = 362) Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU7: Package power limit notification (total events = 362) Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU0: Package power limit notification (total events = 362) Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU5: Package power limit notification (total events = 362) Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU6: Core power limit normal Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU1: Core power limit normal Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU5: Core power limit normal Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU7: Core power limit normal Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU4: Core power limit normal Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU0: Core power limit normal Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU3: Core power limit normal Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU6: Package power limit normal Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU1: Package power limit normal Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU5: Package power limit normal Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU7: Package power limit normal Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU4: Package power limit normal Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU0: Package power limit normal Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU3: Package power limit normal Dec 22 00:09:18 3200 klogd: CPU2: Core power limit normal
Environment
- PA-Series Next-Generation Firewalls
- PAN-OS 9.1 branch
Answer
As Core power limit notification and Package power limit notification are known as harmless and don't indicate any hardware failure, you can just ignore them.
These notifications have been addressed in the PAN-OS 10.1, 10.2, or higher branches.
You may observe the "Temperature above threshold, cpu clock throttled" as well, but this is also harmless and can be ignored.