Palo Alto Networks PA-5200 Series Next-Generation Firewalls – comprising the PA-5280, PA-5260, PA-5250, and PA-5220 – are ideal for high-speed data center, internet gateway, and service provider deployments. The PA-5200 Series delivers up to 64 Gbps of throughput, using dedicated processing and memory, for the key functional areas of networking, security, threat prevention, and management.
The controlling element of the PA-5200 Series is PAN-OS®, which natively classifies all traffic, inclusive of applications, threats, and content, and then ties that traffic to the user regardless of location or device type. The application, content, and user—in other words, the elements that run your business—then serve as the basis of your security policies, resulting in improved security posture and reduced incident response time.
Performance and Capacities
PA-5280
PA-5260
PA-5250
PA-5220
Firewall throughput (HTTP/appmix)
56/64 Gbps
56/64 Gbps
38/40 Gbps
15.6/20 Gbps
Threat Prevention throughput (HTTP/ appmix)
26/31.5 Gbps
26/31.5 Gbps
17/21 Gbps
7.2/8.9 Gbps
IPsec VPN throughput
27 Gbps
27 Gbps
18 Gbps
10 Gbps
Max sessions
64M
32M
8M
4M
New sessions per second
450,000
450,000
297,000
133,000
Virtual System (base/max)
25/225
25/225
25/125
10/20
Networking Features
Interface Modes
L2, L3, tap, virtual wire (transparent mode).
Routing
OSPFv2/v3 with graceful restart, BGP with graceful restart, RIP, static routing.
Policy-based forwarding.
Point-to-Point Protocol over Ethernet (PPPoE) and DHCP supported for dynamic address assignment.
