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article Nominated Discussion: What does "SWITCH" in hardware architecture mean? in General Articles https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-articles/nominated-discussion-what-does-quot-switch-quot-in-hardware/ta-p/541609 <DIV class="lia-message-template-content-zone"> <P><SPAN>This Nominated Discussion Article is based on the post "</SPAN><A href="https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/what-does-quot-switch-quot-in-hardware-architecture-mean/m-p/539298" target="_blank" rel="noopener">what does "SWITCH" in hardware architecture mean?</A><SPAN> " by <a href="https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/3296">@emr_1</a> </SPAN><SPAN> and responded to by <a href="https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/user/viewprofilepage/user-id/7608">@reaper</a> .</SPAN></P> <P> </P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>One of my customers is using PA-3020 and thinking about replace.</P> <P>When I compare the following diagrams, I have one question.</P> <P> </P> <P>PA-3020 has dedicated "signature matching", "security processing", and "network processing" as below</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Image 004.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/49613i2C46480C08196D3C/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="Image 004.png" alt="Image 004.png" /></span></P> <P> </P> <P>Compare to above, PA-400 has ONE dedicated processor with 3 features included.</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Image 003.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/49615iDB966269F0C59C92/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="Image 003.png" alt="Image 003.png" /></span></P> <P> </P> <P>PA-3200 has THREE dedicated processors which are same as PA-3020.</P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Image 001.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/49616iEE97A7B632E4EFB3/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="Image 001.png" alt="Image 001.png" /></span></P> <P> </P> <P>Here is question.</P> <P>I can see Security Processor but can't find "signature matching" nor "network processing".</P> <P>Instead, I can see "switch". What this switch really does? Is this same as "network processing"??</P> <P> </P> <P><span class="lia-inline-image-display-wrapper lia-image-align-inline" image-alt="Image 002.png" style="width: 400px;"><img src="https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/image/serverpage/image-id/49614i6578730EF9B19472/image-size/medium/is-moderation-mode/true?v=v2&px=400" role="button" title="Image 002.png" alt="Image 002.png" /></span></P> <P> </P> <P>Regards,</P> <P>Emr</P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P>Solution:</P> <P> </P> <BLOCKQUOTE> <P>The PA-3400 has a switch fabric instead of the fpga based network processor in the PA-3200, hence the relabelling</P> <P>there's no FPGA's in the PA-3400 so no signature lookups on dedicated hardware</P> <P>the PA-3200 slide is slightly misleading as the 3220 also doesn't have signature lookups on dedicated hardware</P> <P> </P> </BLOCKQUOTE> <P> </P> </DIV> Wed, 10 May 2023 01:51:19 GMT JayGolf 2023-05-10T01:51:19Z Nominated Discussion: What does "SWITCH" in hardware architecture mean? https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-articles/nominated-discussion-what-does-quot-switch-quot-in-hardware/ta-p/541609 <P><SPAN>This Nominated Discussion Article is based on the post "</SPAN><A href="https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-topics/what-does-quot-switch-quot-in-hardware-architecture-mean/m-p/539298" target="_blank" rel="noopener">what does "SWITCH" in hardware architecture mean?</A><SPAN> ".</SPAN></P> Wed, 10 May 2023 01:51:19 GMT https://live.paloaltonetworks.com/t5/general-articles/nominated-discussion-what-does-quot-switch-quot-in-hardware/ta-p/541609 JayGolf 2023-05-10T01:51:19Z