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A firewall administrator wants to be able to see all NAT sessions that are going through a firewall with source NAT. Which CLI command can the administrator use?

The correct answer is A. show session all filter nat source. To view all active source NAT sessions on a Palo Alto Networks firewall, use the show session all CLI command with the filter nat source option.

Submitted by neha2k· Apr 18, 2026Operate

Question

A firewall administrator wants to be able to see all NAT sessions that are going through a firewall with source NAT. Which CLI command can the administrator use?

Options

  • Ashow session all filter nat source
  • Bshow running nat-rule-ippool rule "rule_name"
  • Cshow running nat-policy
  • Dshow session all filter nat-rule-source

How the community answered

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  • A
    93% (14)
  • C
    7% (1)

Why each option

To view all active source NAT sessions on a Palo Alto Networks firewall, use the `show session all` CLI command with the `filter nat source` option.

Ashow session all filter nat sourceCorrect

The `show session all` command displays all current active sessions on the firewall. Adding `filter nat source` narrows this output to specifically show only those sessions that have undergone source network address translation, allowing the administrator to inspect active source NAT mappings.

Bshow running nat-rule-ippool rule "rule_name"

The `show running nat-rule-ippool rule "rule_name"` command displays the configuration of a specific NAT rule's IP pool, not active sessions.

Cshow running nat-policy

The `show running nat-policy` command displays the configured NAT policies, not the active NAT sessions.

Dshow session all filter nat-rule-source

The `nat-rule-source` is not a valid filter option for the `show session all` command; the correct filter for source NAT is `nat source`.

Concept tested: CLI command for NAT sessions

Source: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-2/pan-os-cli-reference/show/show-session-all

Topics

#CLI Commands#NAT#Session Monitoring#Source NAT

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