Front Panel

This section describes the Front Panel on 1600 and 1800 Appliances - LEDs, ports, and buttons.

Front Panel on a 1600 Appliance

Note - There is only one set of LEDs. These LEDs show different colors depending on what activity is occurring.

Key

Item

Description

1

LEDs

From top to bottom:

  • Management

    • No management - Off

    • Colors - See below

  • Internet

    • No internet connection - Off

    • Connecting to the internet - Blinking blue

    • Connected - Blue

    • Connection failure - Blinking red

  • Power/Status

    • Normal operation - Solid blue

    • Boot in progress or installing firmware - Blinking blue

    • Error/Alert - Red

2

Console

There are two console ports for the serial console cable: USB Type-C and RJ45.

USB Type-C has priority when both are connected.

Baud rate: 115200

3

DMZ ports

The DMZ is a combo port of fiber SFP and RJ45 (on the right).

Only one can operate a time when plugged in and connected.

The RJ45 port supports 10 / 100 MbE and 1 GbE.

The SFP port supports only 1 GbE.

Note - For information about supported SFP transceivers, see sk92755.

4

LAN ports

LAN ports 1-16.

Support 10 / 100 MbE and 1 GbE.

LAN 1 and LAN 2 (Sync in a cluster) also support 2.5 GbE.

5

SD card slot

Insert micro-SD card here.

6

WAN ports

Two WAN ports, each of which is a combo port of SFP and RJ45 (on the right).

Only one can operate a time when plugged in and connected.

The RJ45 port supports 10 / 100 MbE and 1 GbE.

The SFP port supports only 1 GbE.

Note - For information about supported SFP transceivers, see sk92755.

7

USB 3.0 (Type-A)

Two USB ports 3.0 for software download.

8

Factory Default

Press the button continuously for 12 seconds to restore the appliance to its factory default.

All user parameters previously configured are removed.

9

Service tag

Shows the regulated module, serial number, and the MAC address.

10

Side brackets

For rack mount.

Front Panel on a 1800 Appliance

Note - There is only one set of LEDs. These LEDs show different colors depending on what activity is occurring.

Key

Item

Description

1

LEDs

From top to bottom:

  • Storage memory - SSD storage memory. Bi-color blue/red displays SSD status.

    • No SSD access - Blue Off, Red Off

    • SSD failure - Blue Off, Red On

  • Power redundancy - Shows the status of the two internal PSUs. Single red LED.

    • The two Power Supplies are active - Off

    • Failure in one of the Power Supplies - On

  • Management - See below

  • Internet

    • No internet connection - Off

    • Connecting to the internet - Blinking blue

    • Connected - Blue

    • Connection failure - Blinking red

  • Power/Status

    • Normal operation - Solid blue

    • Boot in progress or installing firmware - Blinking blue

    • Error/Alert - Red

2

Console

There are two console ports for the serial console cable: USB Type-C and RJ45.

USB Type-C has priority when both are connected.

Baud rate: 115200.

3

DMZ ports

The DMZ is a combo port of fiber SFP and RJ45 (on the right).

Only one can operate a time once plugged in and connected.

The RJ45 port supports 10 / 100 MbE and 1 / 2.5 / 5 / 10 GbE.

The SFP port supports only 10 GbE.

Note - For information about supported SFP transceivers, see sk92755.

4

LAN ports

LAN ports 1-18.

Support 10 / 100 MbE and 1 GbE.

LAN 1 and LAN 2 (Sync in a cluster) also support 2.5 GbE.

5

SD card slot

Insert micro-SD card here.

6

WAN and WAN-B ports

Two WAN ports each of which is a combo port of SFP and RJ45 (on the right).

Only one can operate a time once plugged in and connected.

The RJ45 port supports 10 / 100 MbE and 1 / 2.5 / 5 / 10 GbE.

The SFP port supports only 1 GbE.

Note - For information about supported SFP transceivers, see sk92755.

7

EXT port

Management port.

Supports 10 / 100 MbE and 1 GbE.

8

USB3.0

USB port 3.0 for software download.

9

Factory Default

Press the button continuously for 12 seconds to restore the appliance to its factory default.

All user parameters previously configured are removed.

10

Service tag

Shows the regulated module, serial number, and the MAC address.

11

Side brackets

For rack mount.

Management LED

The Management LED shows the status of the retries mechanism:

Action

Management LED Activity

Zero Touch is running.

Blinks red (slowly)

Successfully connected to Zero Touch Cloud Server and saved the deployment script.

Blinks red (rapidly)

Zero Touch process is completed. SMP activation is not needed.

Off

Activation sleeping time.

Blinks blue (slowly)

Reactivation.

Blinks blue (rapidly)

SMP is connected.

Solid blue

SMP mode is off.

off

Gateway failed to connect to the SMP and will exit from the retry script.

Solid red

Wait times before retry:

Failure

Waiting Time

1st

2 minutes

2nd

4 minutes

3rd

8 minutes

4th

16 minutes

Subsequent

Retries every 16 minutes until Cloud Services are successfully activated

Network LEDs

The table below describes the network LEDs (RJ45 WAN and LAN ports and the SFP).

Each port uses a bi-color LED (green/amber) to reflect the link/activity and speed.

This also applies to the DMZ port of the 1600 appliance.

RJ45 and 1G SFP

Link/Act LED1 (Green)

Speed LED2 (Amber)

No link

Off

Off

1G link

On

Off

1G Act

Blink

On

100M link

On

Off

100M Act

Blink

Off

10M link

On

Off

10M Act

Blink

Off

For 1800 appliances only:

2xRJ45 2.5GbE ports

Two bi-color (green and amber) LEDs per ports

2.5GbE RJ45

Link/Act

LED #1 (bi-color)

Speed

LED #2 (bi-color)

 

Green

Amber

Green

Amber

No link

Off

Off

Off

Off

2.5G link

On

 

Off

2.5G Act

Blink

 

Off

1G link

On

On

1G Act

Blink

On

100M link

On

Blink

100M Act

Blink

Blink

10M link

On

Off

10M Act

Blink

Off

RJ45 and SFP 10GbE port

10GbE RJ45

Link/Act

LED1 (Bi-color)

Speed

LED2 (Bi-color)

 

Green

Amber

Green

Amber

10G link

On

On

10G Act

Blink

On

5G link

On

Blink

5G Act

Blink

Blink