PA-3400/PA-1400 Series Firewalls generate "rmmod: ERROR: Module ice is not currently loaded" and some related errors to console screen on every startup

PA-3400/PA-1400 Series Firewalls generate "rmmod: ERROR: Module ice is not currently loaded" and some related errors to console screen on every startup

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Created On 03/05/25 03:17 AM - Last Modified 03/24/25 21:10 PM


Question


  • Messages such as "rmmod: ERROR: Module ice is not currently loaded" and some related error messages are seen on the console of during every startup of PA-3400/PA-1400 Series Firewalls. i
  • Do these messages indicate any hardware failure?

 

rmmod: ERROR: Module ice is not currently loaded



Environment


  • PA-3400 Series Firewalls
  • PA-1400 Series Firewalls
  • PAN-OS 10.2 or higher


Answer


  • "rmmod: ERROR: Module ice is not currently loaded" and some related error messages could be seen on console screen during every startup of PA-3400/PA-1400 Series Firewalls.
  • These error messages are harmless and don't indicate any hardware failure, thus can be ignored.
  • There is no need to raise an RMA request for these messages.
  • These messages will be removed in the future version of PAN-OS versions.


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