PA-5550
PA-5550: Traffic aggregation with 4 × 400 GbE interfaces and 120 Gb/s Threat Prevention appmix.
Overview
The PA-5550 combines 16 SFP 28 10/25 GbE ports, 16 QSFP 28 40/100 GbE ports and 4 QSFP-DD 100/400 GbE ports. The manufacturer reports 120 Gb/s of Threat Prevention in an appmix test on PAN-OS 12.2. Selection must assess this result alongside concurrent sessions, the application profile and required inspection; it does not guarantee performance on every network. Traffic aggregation with 4 × 400 GbE interfaces and 120 Gb/s Threat Prevention appmix. Transceivers, subscriptions and support are specified for the project. Security subscriptions and optional features are not assumed to be included with the appliance. Validate the licence, version and configuration.
Key features
- Model connectivity16 SFP 28 10/25 GbE ports, 16 QSFP 28 40/100 GbE ports and 4 QSFP-DD 100/400 GbE ports.
- Inspection capacityThreat Prevention appmix of 120 Gb/s on PAN-OS 12.2; test conditions retained in the specifications.
- StoragePair of 3.84 TB SSDs in RAID 1, with cold-swap replacement according to the manufacturer.
Technical specifications
| Firewall (appmix) | 175 Gb/s — App-ID and logging enabledApp-ID and logging enabled |
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| Threat Prevention (appmix) | 120 Gb/s — App-ID, IPS, antivirus, antispyware, WildFire, file blocking and logging; full conditions in the datasheetApp-ID, IPS, antivirus, antispyware, WildFire, file blocking and logging; full conditions in the datasheet |
| IPsec VPN | 100 Gb/s — 64 KB HTTP transactions with logging64 KB HTTP transactions with logging |
| Maximum concurrent sessions | 49000000 sessions — HTTP transactionsHTTP transactions |
| New sessions per second | 1670000 sessions/s — Application Override and 1-byte HTTP transactionsApplication Override and 1-byte HTTP transactions |
| Data interfaces | 16 SFP 28 10/25 GbE ports, 16 QSFP 28 40/100 GbE ports and 4 QSFP-DD 100/400 GbE ports. — Management ports not included; transceivers sold separately |
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| Test PAN-OS version | 12.2 — Version used for the datasheet figures; not an upgrade recommendationVersion used for the datasheet figures; not an upgrade recommendation |
| Virtual systems (base/maximum) | 25/225 — An additional licence is required above the base count; validate cluster restrictions |
| Storage | Pair of 3.84 TB SSDs in RAID 1, with cold-swap replacement according to the manufacturer. |
| Power redundancy | 2+2 at 220 V/DC or 3+1 at 110 V; validate electrical sizing. |
Figures published by the manufacturer. Final sizing depends on the environment, enabled services and traffic profile.