# Palo Alto PA-5500 Series — Data Center & High-Speed Internet Gateway NGFW

URL: https://www.promark.tr/en/products/paloalto-pa-5500
Category: Firewall & Network Security
Family: [Palo Alto Networks NGFW](https://www.promark.tr/en/products/paloalto-ngfw)

Fifth-generation (Quantum-Optimized) firewall series for data centers, high-speed internet gateways and service-provider networks. 8 models: PA-5510–5530 (2U, enterprise perimeter) and PA-5540–5580 (3U, large data center). 65–375 Gbps firewall and 45–300 Gbps Threat Prevention (appmix, PAN-OS 12.2); 100G/400G QSFP-DD interfaces, NGFW clustering.

## Key features

- 8 models: PA-5510 / 5520 / 5530 (2U) and PA-5540 / 5550 / 5560 / 5570 / 5580 (3U) — successor to PA-5200 and PA-5450.
- Firewall throughput (appmix): 65 Gbps (PA-5510) → 375 Gbps (PA-5580); Threat Prevention: 45 → 300 Gbps (PAN-OS 12.2).
- IPsec VPN: 34 → 170 Gbps; concurrent sessions 7 million → 99 million; new sessions 600,000 → 3.3 million per second.
- Interfaces: PA-5510–5530 with 10 × 10G multi-gig, 12 × SFP+, 8 × SFP28, 6 × 40G/100G QSFP28; PA-5540–5580 with 4–8 × 100G/400G QSFP-DD, 12–16 × 40G/100G QSFP28, 8–16 × 10G/25G SFP28.
- NGFW clustering (active/active) and active/passive HA; dedicated HSCI and log ports.
- Post-quantum cryptography: TLS decryption, site-to-site VPN and GlobalProtect with ML-KEM, ML-DSA, SLH-DSA; an extra PCIe slot for future PQC capabilities.
- Redundant power: 1+1 on PA-5510–5530, 2+2 (220 V) on PA-5540–5580, DC option.
- RAID1 SSD pair (960 GB or 3.84 TB) for system and log storage.
- Promark: capacity planning, data-center topology, clustering/HA design and migration.

## Specifications

- **Type:** Quantum-Optimized NGFW (data center / internet gateway / service provider)
- **Manufacturer:** Palo Alto Networks
- **Models:** PA-5510, PA-5520, PA-5530, PA-5540, PA-5550, PA-5560, PA-5570, PA-5580
- **Firewall throughput (appmix):** 65 / 75 / 100 / 150 / 175 / 240 / 300 / 375 Gbps
- **Threat Prevention (appmix):** 45 / 55 / 65 / 90 / 120 / 180 / 240 / 300 Gbps
- **IPsec VPN:** 34 / 36 / 38 / 80 / 100 / 125 / 150 / 170 Gbps
- **Max concurrent sessions:** 7M / 12M / 14M / 39M / 49M / 74M / 89M / 99M
- **New sessions per second:** 600K / 971K / 1.01M / 1.33M / 1.67M / 2.5M / 3M / 3.3M
- **Virtual systems (base / max):** 10/20 · 15/65 · 25/125 · 25/225 (PA-5540–5580)
- **Form factor:** PA-5510–5530: 2U · PA-5540–5580: 3U (19" rack)
- **High availability:** NGFW clustering (active/active) + active/passive HA
- **Policy classification:** App-ID + User-ID + Content-ID
- **Management:** PAN-OS + Panorama / Strata Cloud Manager (SCM)
- **Cloud-delivered security services (CDSS):** Advanced Threat Prevention, Advanced URL Filtering, Advanced WildFire, Advanced DNS Security, Advanced IP Defense

## Use cases

- Enterprise data center — segmentation between server zones and encrypted-traffic inspection.
- High-speed internet gateway — enterprise or campus edge with 100G/400G uplinks.
- Service provider and government backbone — high session capacity, 5G identifier-based visibility.
- Refresh of PA-5200 / PA-5450 / PA-7000 deployments.

## For a quote and BOM

https://www.promark.tr/en/contact · +90 312 544 0915 · destek@promark.tr