Management, HA1-A and/or HA1-B ports fail to come up on booting PA-5400 series Firewall.

Management, HA1-A and/or HA1-B ports fail to come up on booting PA-5400 series Firewall.

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Created On 12/19/23 01:24 AM - Last Modified 05/30/24 21:42 PM


Symptom


  • On booting PA-5400 series devices, management and/or HA Ports flap repeatedly.
  • System logs (show log system) reports these flap.
15:33:20 info     ha             ha1-lin 0  HA1-Backup link up
15:33:21 high     ha             ha1-lin 0  HA1-Backup link down
15:33:40 info     ha             ha1-lin 0  HA1 link up
15:33:41 critical ha             ha1-lin 0  HA1 link down
15:33:47 info     ha             ha1-lin 0  HA1 link up
15:33:48 critical ha             ha1-lin 0  HA1 link down
15:33:53 info     ha             ha1-lin 0  HA1 link up
  • Messages file (/var/log/messages) in the "techsupport" file also report these flaps.
> /var/log/messages

5400 klogd: [  600.837758] i40e 0000:17:00.0 eth4: NIC Link is Up, 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None
5400 klogd: [  601.096055] i40e 0000:17:00.0 eth4: NIC Link is Down
5400 klogd: [  601.355380] i40e 0000:17:00.1 eth5: NIC Link is Up, 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None
5400 klogd: [  601.615206] i40e 0000:17:00.1 eth5: NIC Link is Down
5400 klogd: [  607.688873] i40e 0000:17:00.0 eth4: NIC Link is Up, 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None
5400 klogd: [  607.947611] i40e 0000:17:00.0 eth4: NIC Link is Down
5400 klogd: [  620.565057] i40e 0000:17:00.1 eth5: NIC Link is Up, 1000 Mbps Full Duplex, Flow Control: None


Environment


  • PA-5400 series Firewalls
  • Supported PAN-OS
  • 1Gbps copper SFP module


Cause


SFP optic issue. 

Resolution


  1. Use approved copper optics FCLF8521P2BTL instead of non working FCLF8522P2BTL.
  2. Another workaround is to use approved fiber optic SFP optics and cables.


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