A security engineer wants to upgrade the company's deployed firewalls from PAN-OS 10.1 to 11.0.x to take advantage of the newTLSv1.3 support for management access. What is the recommended upgrade path

Question

Options

• ARequired: Download and install the latest preferred PAN-OS 10.1 maintenance release and
• BOptional: Download and install the latest preferred PAN-OS 10.1 release.
• CRequired: Download PAN-OS 10.2.0 or earlier release that is not EOL.
• DRequired: Download and install the latest preferred PAN-OS 10.1 maintenance release and

• B
  91% (29)
• C
  3% (1)
• D
  6% (2)

Explanation

Palo Alto Networks requires a sequential upgrade path across major versions. Going from PAN-OS 10.1 directly to 11.0.x is not supported; 10.2 must be used as a mandatory stepping stone. Upgrading to the latest 10.1 maintenance release first is recommended best practice but is technically optional - hence Option B correctly marks it as 'Optional.' Options A and D describe the 10.1 maintenance release step as 'Required,' which is inaccurate per Palo Alto's documented upgrade path. Option C addresses 10.2 but the distinction between the choices rests on whether the 10.1 update is required or optional.

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