Front Panel

Note - The diagrams below show the default installed hardware.

Item

Component

Description

1

Service tag

A slide out card that identifies the appliance and shows its serial number and MAC address.

2

Locator button

Turns the location beacon LED on and off in the appliance.

3

System LEDs

See Front Panel System LEDs.

4

Reset

Insert a pin for 5 to 8 seconds to perform a hardware reset.

5

USB Type-C port

For a serial connection to the appliance.

6

1 x RJ45 Console port

and

2 x USB 3.0 ports

RJ45 port for a serial connection to the appliance.
The USB 3.0 ports are backwards compatible to USB 2.0.

7

LOM port

LOM (Lights Out Management) port to connect to the LOM Card.

8

Management and Synchronization ports

The top synchronization port synchronizes with cluster members or a High Availability peer.
The bottom management port is for an Ethernet connection to a remote management computer.

9

ESD grounding point

When servicing the appliance, connect an ESD strap to this point.

10

2 Storage devices

When monitoring the storage devices with the raid_diagnostic command, DiskID 0 is the left storage device, and DiskID 1 is the right storage device (numbered 1 and 2 on the appliance's chassis).

11

Storage device power LED

  • Off - Storage device power is off

  • On (Green) - Storage device power is on

12

Storage device activity LED

  • Off - No storage device activity

  • On (Amber) - Storage device activity

13

Expansion line cards

See Gaia OS Port Assignments.

For more information, see the LightSpeed 10/25/40/100G QSFP28 Ports Administration Guide.

Legend for MLS200

Item

Component

Description

1

Expansion line card

See Gaia OS Port Assignments.

For more information, see the LightSpeed 10/25/40/100G QSFP28 Ports Administration Guide.

2

On board LAN ports

Eight 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45 ports.
These expansion slots are assigned eth1-eth8 in the Gaia OS.

Important - In Maestro configuration, you cannot use these on-board ports. You must only use the ports on the supported line cards.

3

Appliance ports

See Front Panel Appliance Ports on MLS200 - Use these ports to connect to the appliance.

4

Identification Service Tag

A slide out card that identifies the appliance and shows its serial number, MAC address, and model number.

5

System LEDs

See Front Panel System LEDs.

6

Reset

Insert a pin for 5 to 8 seconds to perform a hardware reset.

7

Locator

Press the button to turn the Location beacon LED on and off in the appliance.

8

Storage devices

When monitoring the storage devices with the raid_diagnostic command, DiskID 0 is the top storage device, and DiskID 1 is the bottom (numbered 1 and 2 on the appliance's chassis).

Front Panel Appliance Ports on MLS200

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Item

Component

Description

1

Synchronization port

For synchronization with peer cluster members in ClusterXL configuration.

2

RJ45 console port

For a serial connection to the appliance. See Connecting to the Appliance CLI.

3

Port activity LED

  • Off - No activity

  • Slow Blink (Green) - Activity

4

Link speed LED

  • Off - No Link or 10M link

  • On (Green) - 100M link

  • On (Amber) - 1000M link

5

Management port

For an Ethernet connection from a remote computer.

You manage the Gaia settings through this port.

6

USB ports

2 x USB 3.0 ports.

7

LOM port

LOM (Lights Out Management) port to connect to the LOM card.

8

Console port

A USB Type-C port for a serial connection to the appliance.

See Connecting to the Appliance CLI.

Legend for MLS400

Item

Component

Description

1

Service tag

A slide out card that identifies the appliance and shows its serial number and MAC address.

2

Locator button

Turns the location beacon LED on and off in the appliance.

3

System LEDs

See Front Panel System LEDs.

4

Reset

Insert a pin for 5 to 8 seconds to perform a hardware reset.

5

Embedded 2-Port Dual-Width 10/25/40/100G QSFP28 ports

See Gaia OS Port Assignments.

For more information, see the LightSpeed 10/25/40/100G QSFP28 Ports Administration Guide.

6

USB Type-C port

For a serial connection to the appliance.

7

LOM port

Lights Out Management port to connect to the LOM card.

8

Management and Synchronization ports

The top synchronization port (named "Sync" in Gaia OS) synchronizes with cluster members or a High Availability peer.
The bottom management port (named "Mgmt" in Gaia OS) is for an Ethernet connection to a remote management computer.

9

RJ45 Console port and
2 x USB 3.0 ports

RJ45 port for a serial connection to the appliance.
The USB 3.0 ports are backward-compatible with USB 2.0.