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Physical connectivity validation on passive device

Duplem — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 09:50:55 GMT

Hello,

We use vsys on our PaloAlto cluster. During a new vsys deployment, I would like to validate that the passive device's physical connectivity to a switch is working.

But I don't wish to launch a failover just for this, because it could impact the whole cluster.

Is there any way to test physical or logical interfaces connectivity without any failover ?

Emmanuel

Re: Physical connectivity validation on passive device

rmonvon — Fri, 01 Feb 2013 18:52:25 GMT

If you're running PAN-OS 4.1 or prior, you can set the HA passive link state to auto for L3 deployment, This will allow for the Ethernet links to be up if connected to a switch.

Starting in PAN-OS 5.0, you can set the HA passive link state to auto for L3 and vwire modes.

Thanks.

Re: Physical connectivity validation on passive device

Duplem — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 08:13:15 GMT

Many thanks for these useful information !

Best Regards

Emmanuel