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Hardware Components

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Last updated: Jun 21, 2017 by Olga Nekrutkina

The Network Automation NT-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 Network Automation NT-4000 .
The front panel comes with a removable front cover.
Figure 1 Network Automation NT-4000, Front View

Front Panel

After you remove the front panel cover, front panel components include the hard disk drives and indicator lights. Front panel components are illustrated in Figure 2 .
Figure 2 Network Automation NT-4000 with Front Panel Cover Removed

 
The front panel components are described in Table 1 .
Table 1 Front Panel Components

Component

Description

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 button/LED indicates whether the power is on. Green = System is on
Amber = System is in standby mode
Dark = Disconnected power cord or power supply failure

Disk Drives

Eight (8) hot-swappable hard disk drives configured in a RAID (Redundant Array of Independent Disks) 10 array.

Drive LEDs

Each disk drive has two LEDs that indicate the connection and activity status of the disk drive. The inner LED is the Fault/UID LED (amber/blue) and the outer circular LED indicator is the Online/Activity LED (green). For information about drive LED combinations, see Table 2 .

USB Ports

Reserved for future use.

VGA Port

Reserved for future use. Port is enabled but unsupported.

Disk Drive Front Panel LEDs

The 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.

Connector Pin Assignments

DB-9, RJ-45 and optical connector pin assignments are described in Figure 3 . DB-9 pin assignments follow the EIA232 standard. To make a serial connection from your management system to the console port, use an RJ-45 rollover cable and two female RJ-45-to-female DB-9 adapters. RJ-45 pin assignments follow IEEE 802.3 specifications.
Figure 3 Pin Assignments and RJ-45 Port Labeling
 

Rear Panel

The Network Automation NT-4000 appliance provides dual AC power supplies. Power supplies are hot swappable; any single power supply can be replaced without disrupting the operations of the appliance. The Network Automation NT-4000 also provides two active RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces that operate as MGMT port and LAN1 port in the system. The port assignments are from left to right and reflect port assignments as shown in Figure 4 and listed in Table 3 .
Figure 4 Network Automation NT-4000, Rear View with RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet Ports

 


Table 3 Rear Panel Components

Component

Description

IPMI Port

Reserved for future use. Port is active but unsupported.

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).
Only connect a properly grounded USB-to-Serial dongle to the serial console port. If the dongle is connected to a laptop, this laptop must be grounded properly as well. Failure to do so may result in damage to the serial console port of the Infoblox appliance.
Infoblox is not responsible for such damage.

MGMT Port

A 10/100/1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port used for appliance management. You must use the MGMT port for initial appliance setup and for primary system operation. The MGMT port may also be used for scan interface connections to managed networks.
Infoblox recommends retaining the MGMT port exclusively for appliance management traffic.

LAN1 Port

A 10/100/1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port that is used for scan interface connections to managed networks. You can enable the LAN1 port and define its use through the GUI after the initial setup. For related information, see Configuring Scan Interfaces at the Network Automation Administrator's Guide, Release 6.9.

LAN2 Port

A 10/100/1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port that is used for scan interface connections to managed networks. You can enable the LAN2 port and define its use through the GUI after the initial setup. For related information, see Configuring Scan Interfaces at the Network Automation Administrator's Guide, Release 6.9.

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 AC power source.

Power Supply LEDs

Green = Normal
Off = System is off or power supply has failed.

UID LED

Turns blue to indicate the system is currently being interacted with in the rack. Turned on by pressing the UID button on the front panel. See Table 1 .