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PCNSA Practice Question: Drag and drop the steps to configure a NAT policy…
Drag and drop the steps to configure a NAT policy on a Palo Alto Networks firewall into the correct order.
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Navigate to Policies > NAT, add rule > Configure Original Packet (Source Zone, Destination Zone, Source Address, Destination Address, Service) > Configure Translated Packet (Translated Source, Translated Destination) > Commit
NAT policy configuration requires specifying original and translated addresses, service, and committing.
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Navigate to Policies > NAT, add rule > Configure Original Packet (Source Zone, Destination Zone, Source Address, Destination Address, Service) > Configure Translated Packet (Translated Source, Translated Destination) > Commit
Why this is correct
This sequence follows the standard PAN-OS workflow where you first define the original packet parameters to match traffic, then specify how it should be translated, and finally commit the changes to activate the policy.
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Navigate to Policies > NAT, add rule > Configure Translated Packet (Translated Source, Translated Destination) > Configure Original Packet (Source Zone, Destination Zone, Source Address, Destination Address, Service) > Commit
Why it's wrong here
This order is incorrect because you must define the criteria for matching traffic (Original Packet) before specifying the translation parameters; otherwise, the rule lacks context and will not function properly.
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Configure Original Packet > Navigate to Policies > NAT, add rule > Configure Translated Packet > Commit
Why it's wrong here
This order is incorrect because you cannot configure the original packet before creating the NAT rule—the rule must exist first; also, skipping the commit step until after both configurations is essential for atomicity.
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Navigate to Policies > NAT, add rule > Configure Original Packet > Commit > Configure Translated Packet
Why it's wrong here
This order is incorrect because committing an incomplete rule with only the original packet defined will either fail validation (if mandatory fields are missing) or create a misconfigured rule that does not perform translation.
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