Tech Docs: New Firewalls and Appliances with PAN-OS 8.1!

In conjunction with the PAN-OS 8.1 software release, Palo Alto Networks introduced several new firewall models and management appliances to provide world-class security and management capabilities for your enterprise.

Here’s a summary of the new hardware with resources on how to get started:

To help you migrate older Palo Alto Networks firewalls to newer models, see the Hardware Migration Guide.

• PA-220R Firewall
• PA-3200 Series Firewalls
• PA-5280 Firewall
• M-200 and M-600 Appliances

PA-220R Firewall

The PA-220R firewall is designed and certified for deployments in harsh industrial environments while continuing to provide the same next-generation security features as our other firewall models.
The PA-220R firewall includes the following main features:

• An operating temperature range from -40°F to 158°F
• Six 10/100/1000Mbps RJ-45 ports with built-in surge protection
• Passive cooling (no fans):
  • Reduces noise and power consumption
  • Increases reliability (no moving parts)
• Two direct 12-24VDC power inputs to provide redundant DC power
• Supports active/passive and active/active high availability (HA) configurations

For more information on this firewall and how to configure PAN-OS, refer to:

• PA-220R Firewall Hardware Reference and Quick Start Guide
• PA-220R Datasheet
• PAN-OS 8.1 Landing Page

PA-3200 Series Firewalls

The PA-3200 Series are designed to deliver high-performance internet edge deployments. The series includes the PA-3220, PA-3250, and PA-3260 firewalls with the following main features:

• Interface speeds up to 40Gbps
• Up to five times the overall performance of the PA-3000 Series firewalls
• Decryption performance is increased by up to seven times and decryption session capacity is increased up to twenty times compared to the PA-3000 Series firewalls

For more information on these firewalls and how to configure PAN-OS, refer to:

• PA-3200 Series Firewall Hardware Reference and Quick Start Guide
• PA-3200 Series Firewall Datasheet
• PAN-OS 8.1 Landing Page

PA-5280 Firewall

It’s very simple: we took the PA-5260 firewall and doubled the session capacity to create the PA-5280 firewall.

For more information on this firewall and how to configure PAN-OS, refer to:

• PA-5200 Series Firewall Hardware Reference and Quick Start Guide
• PA-5200 Series Firewall Datasheet
• PAN-OS 8.1 Landing Page

M-200 and M-600 Appliances

The new M-Series appliances provide increased performance and storage capacity to ensure that you can manage large numbers of Palo Alto Networks firewalls. When compared to the M-100 and M-500 appliances, you will see the following improvements:

• Improved responsiveness with faster CPU and more memory
• Increased log ingestion rate
• Improved serviceability by providing dual power supplies and the ability to replace the operating system drive if a failure occurs

For more information on these appliances and how to configure Panorama, refer to:

• M-200 and M-600 Hardware Reference and Quick Start Guide
• Panorama Datasheet
• Panorama 8.1 Landing Page

Happy reading!
Your friendly Technical Documentation team.

Have questions? Contact us at documentation@paloaltonetworks.com.