What is the minimum number of FAN units required to power on PA-5450 firewall?

What is the minimum number of FAN units required to power on PA-5450 firewall?

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Created On 08/24/23 01:49 AM - Last Modified 06/28/24 21:13 PM


Question


What is the minimum number of FAN units required to power on PA-5450 firewall?

Environment


  • Palo Alto PA-5450 Firewall
  • PAN-OS 10.1.0 and above
  • FAN Units


Answer


  • Three FAN unit (PA-5450-FAN) are required to power on PA-5450 system.
  • Four FAN units are strongly recommended to provide redundancy in case one of the FAN units suddenly fails. 
  • The unit will not power on when just FAN units are in working condition.
  • When the system is working correctly and fan fails. A system log is generated and the firewall will power down by itself if two out of four FAN units are not functional or missing from the chassis.
> show log system

YYYY/MM/DD 10:39:09 info     general        general 0  Fan Tray is missing, system will power down in 111 seconds if not replaced.
YYYY/MM/DD 10:39:13 info     general        general 0  Fan Tray is missing, system will power down in 108 seconds if not replaced.
. . .
YYYY/MM/DD 10:41:04 info     general        general 0  Fan Tray is missing, system will power down in 12 seconds if not replaced.
YYYY/MM/DD 10:41:15 info     general        general 0  Fan Tray is missing, system will power down in 3 seconds if not replaced.
YYYY/MM/DD 10:41:18 critical general        general 0  System is powering itself  down due to missing fan tray.

 


Additional Information


PA-5400 Series Next-Gen Firewall Hardware Reference

 


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