Infoblox Advanced Appliance PT-4000 Hardware Components
- Aliaksei Shautsou (Deactivated)
- Olga Nekrutkina
The Infoblox Advanced Appliance PT-4000 is a 2-U platform that is installed in a seismic equipment rack using mounting rails and materials that ship with each appliance. For information about rack mounting, see Installing the PT-4000 .
The PT-4000 front panel comes with an optional front cover that you can install when you first set up the appliance. Refer to the installation instructions that ship with each system for information about how to install the front cover.
Note: To allow NEBS Level 3 compliance for the PT-4000 appliance, do not install the front cover.
Figure 1 PT-4000 Front View
Front Panel
Excluding the front panel cover, front panel components include the hard disk drives and indicator lights. Figure 2 illustrates PT-4000 front panel components.
Figure 2 PT-4000 with Front Panel Cover Removed
Table 1 describes front panel components for the PT-4000 system.
Table 1 Front Panel Components for Infoblox Advanced Appliance PT-4000
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| UID LED and Button | The unit identification button and LED. In a rack environment, the UID feature enables easier location of a server when moving between the front and rear of the rack. Blue = UID is activated Dark = UID is deactivated |
| System Health LED | This LED identifies the overall health of the system. Green = Normal Amber = System is degraded Red = System is in critical condition |
Power On/ Standby Button and Power LED | This LED indicates whether the power is on. Green = System is on Amber = System is in standby mode Dark = System has no power supply |
| Disk Drives | Four (4) hot-swappable hard disk drives configured in a RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) 10 array. |
Drive LEDs | Each disk drive has one Fault/UID LED (green/amber) that indicates the connection of the disk drive, and a circular Online/Activity LED (green) that goes around the Fault/UID LED to indicate read/write activity status of the disk drive. |
VGA Port | This port is not supported. Use the console port or LAN1 port for initial setup. |
Ethernet Port LEDs
View the Activity and Link LEDs to see link activity and connection speeds on Ethernet ports. Figure 3 describes the status conveyed by Ethernet port LEDs through their color and illumination (steady glow or blinking).
Figure 3 Ethernet Port LEDs
An Infoblox appliance has three types of ports on its front panel:
- USB port (reserved for future use)
- Male DB-9 console port
- Three (3) active RJ-45 1000Base-T auto-sensing gigabit Ethernet ports with Ethernet SFP configuration
Figure 4 describes DB-9 and RJ-45 connector pin assignments. DB-9 pin assignments follow the EIA232 standard. To make a serial connection from your management system to the console port, you can use an RJ-45 rollover cable and two female RJ-45-to-female DB-9 adapters, or a female DB-9-to-female DB-9 null modem cable. The RJ-45 pin assignments follow IEEE 802.3 specifications. All Infoblox Ethernet ports are auto-sensing and automatically adjust to standard straight-through and cross-over ethernet cables.
Figure 4 Connector Pin Assignments
For 1000Base-T connections, all four twisted-pair wires are used for bidirectional traffic.
Disk Drive Front Panel LEDs
Disk drives are located on the appliance front panel. To the right of each drive, two LEDs display connection and activity status. Table 2 lists the disk drive LED combinations and the states they represent.
Table 2 Disk Drive LED Combinations
| Online/Activity LED (Green) | Fault/UID LED (Amber/Blue) | Description |
|---|---|---|
| Off or circulating green | Steady green | The drive is operating normally. |
| Off or circulating green | Steady amber | The drive has failed, or it has received a predictive failure alert. |
Rear Panel
The PT-4000 appliance offers a choice of dual AC power supplies, or dual DC power supplies with or without NEBS-3 compliance. In all cases, power supplies are hot swappable; any single power supply can be replaced without disrupting the operations of the appliance.
The PT-4000 provides three (3) RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces that operate as the MGMT port, LAN1 port and LAN2 port in the Infoblox system. Port assignments are from left to right and reflect standard Infoblox port assignments as shown in Figure 5 and listed in Table 3 .
Figure 5 PT-4000 Rear View with Three Active SFP Interfaces
Note: The IPMI (iLO) port is active and used for integrated Lights Out Management (LOM). The remaining four Ethernet interfaces on the rear lower left, labeled as shown in Figure 5 , are disabled. They cannot be activated or otherwise used for networking applications by the user.
The three active 1GbE interfaces on the PT-4000 left rear panel accept SFP modules for 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.
Note: The Infoblox Advanced Appliance PT-4000 does not support High Availability (HA) connectivity. The HA interface is inactive on the PT-4000.
See the section Infoblox Advanced Appliance PT-4000 Series SFP Transceivers , for specific information on SFP part numbers, availability, and device compatibility.
Table 3 provides further information on each interface on the PT-4000 rear panel.
Table 3 Rear Panel Components for Infoblox Advanced Appliance PT-4000
Component | Description |
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. |
HA Port (not used) | Inactive for Advanced Appliance PT-4000 appliances. |
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. |
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). |
iLO/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. |
VGA Port | This port is not supported. Use the console port or LAN1 port for initial setup. |
USB Ports | Reserved for future use. |
Power Supplies | Each of the two redundant power supplies has a power outlet for connecting the appliance to a standard DC (Direct Current) or AC power source. |
Power Supply LEDs | Green = Normal |
UID LED | Turns on blue to indicate device that is currently being interacted with in the rack. Turned on by pressing the UID button on the front panel. See Table 1. |
PT-4000 System, Environmental, and Power Specifications
System specifications describe the physical characteristics of each appliance. Environmental specifications describe the temperature and moisture limits it can withstand. Power specifications describe the electrical range within which the appliance circuitry can operate.
System Specifications
- Form Factor: 2-U rack-mountable appliance
- Dimensions: 3.44" H x 17.54" W x 27.5" D (8.75 cm H x 44.55 cm W x 69.85 cm D)
- Weight: Approximately 61.00 pounds (27.66 kg)
- Ethernet Ports: MGMT, LAN1, LAN2 – 1000Base-TX
Environmental Specifications
- Operating Temperature: 50 to 95 degrees F (10 to 35 degrees C)
- Storage Temperature: -22 to 140 degrees F (-30 to 60 degrees C)
- Operating relative Humidity: 10% to 90% (non-condensing)
Electrical Power Specifications
- DC Power Supply: 48v 750W GRND TERM, RING, VIN 12-10 AWG #10
- Nominal Input Voltage: 48
- Nominal Input Current: 28
- Maximum Rated Input Wattage Rating (Watts): 1350 Maximum
- Maximum Rated Volt-Amp: 1350
- Heat Output (BTU/hour): 4610 Maximum
- AC Power Supply: 100 to 120V AC, 200 to 240 V AC 750W
- Rated Input Frequency: 50 Hz to 60 Hz
- Rated Input Current: 10A at 100V AC, 4.9A at 200V AC
- Rated Input Power: 930W at 100V AC input, 1348W at 240V AC input
- Heat Output (BTU/hour): 3530 at 100V AC input; 4600 at 200V
- Maximum Peak Power: 800 W at 100V AC input; 900 W at 120V AC input; 750 W at 200V to 240V AC input