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Palo Alto PA-800 Series Next-Gen Firewall
Normal Status Lights

Light
STATUS
Description & Suggested Action
PWRGreenFirewall is powered ON
UnlitFirewall is not powered on or an error has occurred with the internal power system
FANSGreenAll cooling fans are operational
UnlitOne or more fans failed
ALARMRedHardware component failed, such as a power supply failure, a firewall failure that cause an HA failover, a drive failure or hardware is overheating and the temp is above the high temp threshold
UnlitFirewall is operating normally
STATUSGreenFirewall is operating normally
YellowThe firewall is booting
HAGreenThe firewall is the active peer in an active/passive configuration
YellowThe firewall is the passive peer in an actived/passive configuration
UnlitHA is not operational on this firewall
TEMPGreenFirewall temperature is normal
YellowFirewall temperature is outside tolerance levels
ETHSolid Green (Left)Network Link
Flashing Green (Right)Network activity
SFPGreenNetwork Link
Flashing Green (Right)Network activity
Light
STATUS
Description & Suggested Action
POWERGreenPower supply is operating normally
UnlitThe system detected a loss of power, either due to loss of power connection, a failed power supply or incorrect input voltage. If this occurs, the front panel PWR and ALARM LEDs turn red

PA-850 Firewall only Power Supply LED

High-Availability: In an active/active configuration, the HA LED indicates only HA status for the local firewall and has two possible states (green or off); it does not indicate HA connectivity of the peer. Green indicates that the firewall is either active-primary or active-secondary and off indicates that the firewall is in any other state (For example, non-functional or suspended).

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