The maximum throughput of 3260 firewall is 8.8 Gbps. How does the firewall handle the traffic entering through the QSFP+ ports with 40gig throughput?

[benafra]

Hello,

We have a Palo Alto 3260 firewall with two 40 Gbps QSFP+ ports, but its maximum firewall throughput is 8.8 Gbps. How does the firewall handle the traffic entering through the QSFP+ ports, considering the potential incoming traffic exceeds the firewall's throughput capacity? How does the device manage this traffic, and what happens to the packets when the traffic exceeds the firewall's 8.8 Gbps throughput limit? And the percentage of packet dropping is 3%.

Thanks.