topic Re: Is the PA-220 compatible with newer firmware versions. Like 8.0 and 8.1 in General Topics

Is the PA-220 compatible with newer firmware versions. Like 8.0 and 8.1

emarchetti — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 21:45:46 GMT

So we have several PA-200 in production and need to upgrade to 8.0. I was talking to a Palo Alto technician and he was telling me that the PA-200 are too old and not enough resources to handle the newer firmware and to upgrade. Do the PA-220 have enough power. I am assuming so since they are the newer version.

Also, can they handle the workload of SSL Decryption?

Thanks

Re: Is the PA-220 compatible with newer firmware versions. Like 8.0 and 8.1

OtakarKlier — Fri, 07 Dec 2018 22:29:10 GMT

Hello,

Yes it is. Check out the tech specs on it.

https://www.paloaltonetworks.com/documentation/platforms

It can also do SSL decryption, but remember its a smaller box so you could potentially overload it if you put too much traffic through it.

Regards,

Re: Is the PA-220 compatible with newer firmware versions. Like 8.0 and 8.1

BPry — Mon, 10 Dec 2018 04:06:16 GMT

@emarchetti,

So just to be clear here, the PA-200 completely supports 8.0 and 8.1. You could completely install 8.0 or 8.1 on those PA-200s as you work to get everything upgraded to PA-220s if you so wish. Past that, it isn't expected that the PA-200 will continue to be supported in the next major software release.

The PA-220s are presently the goto small appliance at the moment, and as such are fully supported. Just like the PA-200, the PA-220 supports decryption perfectly fine as long as you keep in mind the platform limitations on the smaller appliances.