Palo Alto Networks PA-5440 Next-Generation Firewall

The Palo Alto Networks PA-5440 is a high-performance next-generation firewall purpose-built for large enterprise data center cores and service-provider environments. It is part of the PA-5400 series and leverages Palo Alto Networks' single-pass parallel processing architecture, combining dedicated hardware engines for networking, security, threat prevention, and management to deliver consistent, low-latency throughput at scale. The PA-5440 runs PAN-OS, providing full Layer 7 App-ID, User-ID, Device-ID, and Content-ID policy enforcement without requiring separate appliances or bolt-on modules.

The appliance delivers up to 87.5 Gbps of App-ID-enabled firewall throughput and up to 60.7 Gbps of threat-prevention throughput with all subscriptions active, making it well-suited for east-west segmentation, internet gateway, and encrypted traffic inspection workloads where throughput must not degrade under full security inspection. SSL/TLS decryption—including TLS 1.3—is hardware-accelerated, allowing organizations to inspect encrypted sessions at production scale without introducing unacceptable latency. The PA-5440 supports up to 4 million concurrent sessions and processes up to 3.8 million new sessions per second.

Physically, the PA-5440 is a 3U chassis that supports high-density 100 GbE and 400 GbE connectivity via modular Network Processing Cards (NPCs), enabling flexible port configurations to match diverse data center fabric designs. The platform supports redundant, hot-swappable power supplies and fan trays for continuous availability in mission-critical deployments. It integrates natively with Panorama for centralized policy management and logging, and with Palo Alto Networks' Strata Cloud Manager and AI-powered AIOps for proactive health monitoring and policy optimization across large firewall estates.

Ideal for

• Large enterprise data center core segmentation enforcing zero-trust east-west policy between application tiers at high throughput with full threat inspection
• Internet edge and peering gateway for service providers requiring 100 GbE and 400 GbE interface density with sustained threat-prevention throughput under maximum session load
• Encrypted traffic inspection at scale, decrypting and re-encrypting TLS 1.3 sessions for compliance and threat visibility without dedicated decryption proxy appliances
• Multi-tenant service provider security gateway leveraging virtual systems (vsys) to enforce isolated policy domains for separate customers or business units on a single physical platform
• Centralized Panorama-managed hub firewall in hub-and-spoke WAN or SD-WAN architectures consolidating security policy across distributed branch and campus sites
• High-throughput DNS Security, Advanced Threat Prevention, and Advanced URL Filtering enforcement point protecting critical workloads in regulated industries such as financial services and healthcare

Technical specifications

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