PA-5200 Series Enviroment

Y.Choi436432 — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 02:48:05 GMT

I have a question regarding the output of the 'show system environmentals' command on the PA-5200 Series.

Could someone explain the difference between 'NP / NP Core' and 'CP / CP Core' in the output results?

In my opinion, NP and CP are likely hardware accelerators, such as a Network Processor and a Content Processor, respectively.

However, I do not know the difference between the items that include "Core" and those that do not.

If there is anyone who can explain the details regarding this matter, please do so.

also, I would also appreciate it if you could explain the Switch item as well.

> show system enviromentals

slot	description	Alarm	Degrees C
S0	Temperature: Broadwell MP Core	False	29.8
S1	NP	False	41.5
S1	CP	False	39
S1	DP0/CE	False	42
S1	DP0 Core	False	70.6
S1	Top Front	False	38
S1	Switch	False	32
S1	CP Core	False	51
S1	Switch Core	False	51.4
S1	NP Core0	False	36
S1	Bottom Front	False	25.5
S1	DP1/DP2	False	30
S1	Bottom Rear	False	32.5

I would like to thank everyone in advance for their answers.

Re: PA-5200 Series Enviroment

mshekh — Thu, 20 Aug 2026 03:35:18 GMT

Hi @Y.Choi436432 ,

Good Day!

NP typically measures the overall die or ambient ASIC surface temperature, while NP Core reads the precise thermal status of the internal computing core(s)

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