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HA binding "both option" not working in NAT policy

L1 Bithead

Dear all,

I've configured my Palo Alto Cluster in a L3 Active / Active cluster setup.

While I was trying to implement a NAT policy (Source Address Translation), it turns out that the only options that are working are: "0" and "1", as a reference to the member of the active/active cluster which should take care of the Address Translation.

It turns out that the other option are not accepted by the PAN-OS while trying to push/commit the previously defined NAT policy (results in ERROR)

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Would be works as designed?

Because, as a workaround I cloned the NAT rule, using either active/active binding to "0"

and

the exact same NAT rule, using active/active binding "1".

Seems to be working fine, although I can imaging that the option "PRIMARY" would allow us to create this NAT rule ONLY ONCE.

Thanks !

Kind regards,

Wim

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L4 Transporter

In a A/A cluster, each device requires its own IP pool and is associated to a device-id. Hence for source translation, you will need two rules using the corresponding device-id, so when a new session is created, device binding determines which NAT rules are matched by the firewall (the device binding must include the session owner device to produce a match).

Refer to pages 25, 96 & 97 in the following article for more on NAT in A/A setup:

Configuring Active/Active HA PAN-OS 4.0

Hope that helps!

Aditi

Meanwhile I also received feedback of our Palo Alto Networks local systems engineer.

Allow me to share this information, because it revealed to root cause / answer to our problem.

NAT device binding options include the following:

  • Device 0 and Device 1—Translation is performed according to device-specific bindings only if the session owner and the device ID in the NAT rule match. evice-specific NAT rules are commonly used when the two firewalls use unique public IP addresses for translation
  • Both—This option allows either device to match new sessions to the NAT rule and is commonly used for destination NAT
  • Primary—This option allows only the active-primary device to match new sessions to the NAT rule. This setting is used mainly for inbound static NAT, where only one firewall should respond to ARP requests. Unlike device 0/1 bindings, a primary device binding can move between devices when the primary role is transferred

Not applicable

Can someone clarify for me the setup for a "dynamic-ip-and-port" source nat on an active/active cluster?  The traffic for this particular rule must be source natted to a particular x.x.2.15 address when traversing through either device and should work when either member is down.  Please specify the A/A bindings required for the rule, and scenarios with and without floating IPs on the outside. Thank you.

-Johnny

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