topic SCM Compatibility in General Topics

SCM Compatibility

nohash4u — Thu, 04 Dec 2025 22:36:51 GMT

Hello Everyone!

I am looking for insight on the possibility of bringing PA-220s and PA-220Rs into SCM Pro for visibility and configuration.

My research has led to conflicting results:

Strata Cloud Manager Prerequisites indicates that the Advanced Routing Engine (ARE) is a requirement for onboarding a device into SCM.
Advanced Routing states that the PA-200 series does not support the ARE, and therefore the PA-200 series cannot be onboarded into SCM.
Device Model Compatibility states the PA-220 can be associated with SCM.

Can anyone confirm if the PA-200 series can be onboarded into SCM? If so, is this only for visibility and not for configuration?

Thanks,

Nohash4u

Re: SCM Compatibility

JayGolf — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 01:23:29 GMT

Hi @nohash4u ,

The Advanced Routing Engine (ARE) requirement only applies to firewalls that actually support ARE. SCM enforces this on those platforms because config pushes will fail if the device’s routing stack mode doesn’t match the tenant.

For models like the PA-220, which don’t support ARE at all, the requirement doesn’t apply. I confirm that you can onboard the PA-220 into SCM and will have full visibility, config, and policy management.

Re: SCM Compatibility

nohash4u — Fri, 05 Dec 2025 17:22:34 GMT

Hi @JayGolf

Thank you for clarifying!

Cheers