The earliest recollection of this bug is traced back to PAN-OS 10.1.0 - July 22, 2025. Multi-channel functionality may not be properly utilized on an VM-Series firewall deployed in VMware NSX-V after the service is first deployed. Workaround : Execute the command debug dataplane pow status to view the number of channels being utilized by the dataplane. If multi-channel functionality is not working, disable your NSX-V security policy and reapply it. Then reboot the VM-Series firewall. When the firewall is back up, verify that multi-channel functionality is working by executing the command debug dataplane pow status . It should now show multiple channels being utilized. For more information: https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-10-1-0-known-and-addressed-issues/pan-os-10-1-0-known-issues https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-10-1-1-known-and-addressed-issues/pan-os-10-1-1-known-issues https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-10-1-10-known-and-addressed-issues/pan-os-10-1-10-known-issues https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-10-1-11-known-and-addressed-issues/pan-os-10-1-11-known-issues https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-10-1-12-known-and-addressed-issues/pan-os-10-1-12-known-issues https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-10-1-13-known-and-addressed-issues/pan-os-10-1-13-known-issues https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-10-1-14-known-and-addressed-issues/pan-os-10-1-14-known-issues https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-10-1-2-known-and-addressed-issues/pan-os-10-1-2-known-issues https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-10-1-3-known-and-addressed-issues/pan-os-10-1-3-known-issues https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-10-1-4-known-and-addressed-issues/pan-os-10-1-4-known-issues https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-10-1-5-known-and-addressed-issues/pan-os-10-1-5-known-issues https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-10-1-6-known-and-addressed-issues/pan-os-10-1-6-known-issues https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-10-1-7-known-and-addressed-issues/pan-os-10-1-7-known-issues https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-10-1-8-known-and-addressed-issues/pan-os-10-1-8-known-issues https://docs.paloaltonetworks.com/pan-os/10-1/pan-os-release-notes/pan-os-10-1-9-known-and-addressed-issues/pan-os-10-1-9-known-issues