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An administrator connected a new fiber cable and transceiver to interface Ethernet1/1 on a Palo Alto Networks firewall. However, the link does not seem to be coming up. If an administrator were to tro

The correct answer is C. show system state filter-pretty sys.s1.*. On PAN-OS, detailed transceiver/optic information (type, Tx power, Rx power, vendor, part number, serial number) is stored in the system state data structure under the slot namespace. The command 'show system state filter-pretty sys.s1.*' queries the system state for all attribut

Submitted by tunde_lagos· Apr 18, 2026Configuration Troubleshooting

Question

An administrator connected a new fiber cable and transceiver to interface Ethernet1/1 on a Palo Alto Networks firewall. However, the link does not seem to be coming up. If an administrator were to troubleshoot, how would they confirm the transceiver type, tx-power, rx-power, vendor name, and part number via the CLI?

Options

  • Ashow system state filter sw.dev.interface.config
  • Bshow chassis status slot s1
  • Cshow system state filter-pretty sys.s1.*
  • Dshow system state filter ethernet1/1

How the community answered

(35 responses)
  • A
    9% (3)
  • B
    3% (1)
  • C
    74% (26)
  • D
    14% (5)

Explanation

On PAN-OS, detailed transceiver/optic information (type, Tx power, Rx power, vendor, part number, serial number) is stored in the system state data structure under the slot namespace. The command 'show system state filter-pretty sys.s1.*' queries the system state for all attributes under slot 1 (s1), which includes the transceiver data for physical interfaces on that slot - formatted in a human-readable way via the 'filter-pretty' option. Option A uses 'sw.dev.interface.config' which shows software interface configuration, not physical transceiver hardware data. Option B ('show chassis status slot s1') is more relevant to chassis-based platforms. Option D's 'filter ethernet1/1' syntax is not the correct path to retrieve optic diagnostic data.

Topics

#CLI Commands#Troubleshooting#Interface Diagnostics#Hardware Monitoring

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