TE250XN Appliance Hardware

Front Panel

Item	Component	Description
1	Expansion line card	Expansion slot. This expansion slot is assigned eth1-0x in the OS.
1a	Expansion line card	Expansion slot. This expansion slot is assigned eth2-0x in the OS.
2	On board LAN ports	Eight 10/100/1000Base-T RJ-45 ports. These expansion slots are assigned eth1-eth8 in the OS.
3	Appliance ports	See Front Panel Ports - Use these ports to connect to the appliance.
4	System LEDs	See Front Panel System LEDs.
5	Reset	Insert a pin for 5 to 8 seconds to perform a hardware reset.
6	Identification service tag	A slide out card that identifies the appliance and shows its serial number, MAC address, and model number.
7	Locator	Press the button to turn the Location beacon LED on and off in the appliance.
8	Storage devices	Ships with 1 x 960GB SATA SSD by default (a second SSD can be purchased). When monitoring two 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). For more information see, Installing and Removing Storage Devices in Check Point Appliances.

Front Panel Ports

Item	Component	Description
1	Synchronization port	Synchronize with cluster members.
2	RJ45 console port	For a serial connection to the appliance. See Connecting to the TE250XN Appliances 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 to a remote management computer.
6	USB ports	2 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 TE250XN Appliances CLI.

Front Panel System LEDs

System power, storage device activity, power supply status, alert, and location.

Item	Component	Description
1	System power	Off - System power off On (Green) - System power on
2	Storage device activity	Off - No storage device activity On (Amber) - Read/write activity
3	Power supply status	Off - No power/no status Amber - Power supply fault detected Green - All power supplies are functioning correctly
4	Alert	Off - No faults detected Blinking red - System fault detected
5	Location beacon	Off - Location beacon is turned off Solid blue - Location beacon is turned on through the Gaia Portal or Gaia Clish or through the Locator button on the front panel Note - You can turn off the Location beacon LED from the Locator button, Gaia Portal, or Gaia Clish.

Rear Panel

Item	Component	Description
1	LED indicator for each power supply unit	Off - Power supply is not connected to an electric outlet On (Amber) - Power off On (Green) - Power on On (Red) - Failure
2	Power supply units	Connect to an electric outlet. Two modules are supplied. You can use the cable restraints/clips to avoid accidental removal of the power supply cable.
3	Alarm off button for power supply units	If a power supply cable is not connected to the outlet, an alarm sounds continuously. Press this button to turn off the alarm.
4	Fixed cooling fans	`1`, `2`, `3`, `4`, `5`.
5	Main power switch	When the appliance is turned off, turns the appliance on. When the appliance is turned on, pressing and releasing the switch will start an orderly shutdown process. Alternatively, holding the switch for 4 seconds will force a machine shut down.
6	Location LED	Off - Location beacon is turned off Solid blue - Location beacon is turned on through the Gaia Portal or Gaia Clish or through the Locator button on the front panel Note - You can turn off the Location beacon LED from the Locator button, Gaia Portal, or Gaia Clish
7	ESD grounding plug	When servicing the appliance, connect an ESD strap to this plug.
8	Grounding lug	When using a DC power supply unit (PSU), use the grounding lug that is located on the DC PSU.

Using the Restraint Clip

The (Undefined variable: Vars_HW.tp_te250xn_appl_model) appliance has a power cable restraint clip attached to the power supply unit (PSU). Use the restraint clip to prevent accidental removal of the power cable.

To secure the restraint clip on the power supply cable:

Make sure the restraint clip is in the open position (upward).
Connect the power supply cable to the power supply inlet on the PSU.
Push down on the restraint clip to close it and secure the power supply cable.

Item	Description
1	Restraint clip in the open position (upward)
2	Restraint clip in the closed position

Lights Out Management

The Check Point Lights Out Management (LOM) card lets you use a dedicated management channel to remotely control Check Point appliances. Lights Out Management can also work when the appliance is turned off or not responding.

It is included by default with the (Undefined variable: Vars_HW.tp_te250xn_appl_model) appliance.

For more about using Lights Out Management, see the LOM HTML5-based Card for QLS, 6000, 7000, 16000, 26000, 28000, TE2000XN, and TE250XN Appliances Administration Guide.

Dual Redundant BIOS

To ensure resilience in the event of a BIOS failure,appliances are equipped with dual redundant BIOS images.

If an appliance encounters a BIOS failure, it will boot up from a recovery, read-only BIOS image that enables full functionality of the appliance.

These notifications are shown in the event of a BIOS failure:

The appliance's Alert LED on the front panel will blink red.
The Gaia WebUI Hardware Health window shows that the BIOS sensor is Invalid and its status is Off.
An SNMP trap message (if the biosFailure trap was configured in the WebUI or through clish).

To recover from a BIOS failure, see sk108517 or contact Check Point support. The appliance is fully functional until the BIOS recovery is completed.

Replacing and Upgrading Components

The appliances have parts that you can easily replace to minimize downtime. There are also components that you can install to upgrade the appliance. These are the parts and components that can be used with the appliance:

Telescopic rails
Transceivers
AC and DC power supply units
System memory
Lights Out Management
Storage devices

For more information about installing these parts and components, see the appliance home page.

Unless directed to do so by Check Point technical support, you are prohibited by warranty and support agreements from replacing any parts.