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The front panel components include the LCD (liquid crystal display) panel and navigation buttons, communication ports, and hard disk drives, as shown in Figure 2. The hard disk drives are concealed under a removable drive bay door. You must remove the door to access the hard disk drives, as shown in Figure 1. For explanations of the Ethernet port LEDs, and console and Ethernet port connector pin assignments, see Ethernet Port LEDs.
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Note: The IPMI port is active and used for Lights Out Management (LOM). The remaining four Ethernet interfaces on the front center panel, labeled as shown in Figure 2, are inactive. They cannot be activated or otherwise used for networking applications by the user.
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The three active Ethernet SFP interfaces reside in the right front panel as shown in Figure 1.
The three active 1GbE interfaces on the PT-2200 right front panel accept SFP modules for either optical or copper network connections. You may mix optical and copper SFP modules in different ports, such as a copper SFP in the MGMT port and optical SFPs in the LAN1 and LAN2 ports.
The LAN1 and LAN2 ports support the Advanced DNS Protection features. You use the MGMT port only for device management; the MGMT port does not support DNS Protection.
See the section Replaceable Units and SFPs, for specific information on part numbers, availability, and device compatibility.
Table 1 describes the front panel components.
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| Hard Disk Drives | Four hot-swappable Infoblox data storage devices configured in a RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) 10 array. Each disk drive has two LEDs that indicate the connection and activity status on the disk drive. The top LED glows green when the disk drive is connected and operational, and the lower LED is green during read-write operations. The LEDs are dark when the disk drive is not connected. |
| On/Off Switch | A power switch to turn the power supply of the appliance on and off. The switch is hidden. Use a small blunt object, such as a paper clip, to gently push the switch. |
USB Ports | Reserved for future use. |
IPMI Port | Dedicated Ethernet port used for LOM (Lights Out Management) with specific releases of NIOS. Ensure that the IPMI port is properly connected to the network before you configure LOM through the Infoblox GUI for remote management. The IPMI/LOM port auto-negotiates only up to Fast Ethernet 100BASE-TX speeds; ensure that the switch port to which the IPMI port connects will auto-negotiate to 100Mbps operation. |
| MGMT Port | A 1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port that you use for appliance management. DNS threat protection does not apply to the MGMT port. You can enable the MGMT port and define its use through the GUI after the initial setup. |
| LAN1 Port | A 1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port that connects the appliance to the network, and can be used for DNS threat protection. You must use the LAN1 port for initial appliance setup. The LAN1 port handles all traffic if you do not enable the MGMT and LAN2 ports. |
| Console Port | A male DB-9 serial port for a console connection to change basic configuration settings and view basic system functions through the CLI (command line interface). Should you need to use a USB-to-Serial adapter to carry a serial connection over a USB port in a computer that lacks a 9-pin serial interface, use a properly grounded USB-to-Serial dongle to connect to the serial console port. If the dongle connects to a laptop, the laptop also must be grounded properly. Failure to do so may result in damage to the serial console port of the Infoblox appliance. Infoblox is not responsible for such damage. For DB-9 pin assignments, see Figure 4. |
| HA Port (not used) | Reserved for future use. |
| LAN2 Port | A 1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port that connects the appliance to the network, and can be used for DNS threat protection. The LAN2 port is disabled by default. You can enable the LAN2 port and define its use through the GUI after the initial setup. |
| UID Button | The unit identification button. When you press the UID button, the LCD panel on the front panel blinks and the UID LED on the rear panel glows blue. In a rack environment, the UID feature enables easier location of a server when moving between the front and rear of the rack. You can also identify the appliance through the Infoblox GUI and CLI command. |
| LCD Panel | An LCD screen that displays network settings, software version number, hardware serial number, and software licenses. You can view and configure the IP address, netmask, and gateway for the LAN1 port. |
| Navigation Buttons | Buttons that allow you to enter the IP address, subnet mask, and gateway of the LAN1 port through the LCD. Use the Up and Down arrow buttons to specify numbers and the Left and Right buttons to navigate across digits. You must specify whether to save input (Accept) or discard it (Cancel). Selecting Cancel at any time returns you to the previous entry. Entering Accept on the third screen returns you to the system status screen. |
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To see the link activity and connection speed of an Ethernet port, you can look at its Activity and Link LEDs. Figure 3
shows the status the LEDs convey through their color and illumination (steady glow or blinking).
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