Reading Security Policies on the SMPH Palo Alto Firewall

Steps needed to use the Panorama GUI to read security policies on the SMPH vsys on Animal Sciences Palo Alto firewall for departmental VLANs.

  1. The Palo Alto GUI is called Panorama, log in with your NetID to https://panorama.net.wisc.edu. On the first page, the SMPH access domain needs to be selected at the bottom left:

    2. Panorama GUI

  2. Then, the Animal Science firewall is selected by first dropping down from the context window and then selecting Animal-Primary:
    3. Panorama GUI

  3. The firewall rules can be found on the 'Policies' tab. Use the tag browser to find relevant rules - first enter the VLAN number and click on the right error. Then click on the desired tag (usually IN-***). Finally, the search field at the top of the policy list can be used to search for specific rules by, for example, IP address.
    4. Panorama GUI