Trinzic 1400 Hardware Components
- Aliaksei Shautsou (Deactivated)
- Olga Nekrutkina
The Trinzic 1410 and Trinzic 1420 are 1-U platforms that you can efficiently mount in a standard equipment rack. For information, see Rack Mounting.
Front Panel
The front panel components include the LCD (liquid crystal display) panel and navigation buttons, communication ports, and LEDs, as shown in Figure 1. For explanations of the Ethernet port LEDs, and console and Ethernet port connector pin assignments, see Ethernet Port LEDs and Connector Pin Assignments.
Figure 1 Trinzic 1410 and Trinzic 1420, Front View
The front panel components are described in Table 1.
Table 1 Front Panel Components
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| LCD Panel | An LCD screen that displays HA (high availability) status, 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. |
| 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. |
| 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 up to Fast Ethernet 100BASE-TX speeds; ensure that the switch port to which the IPMI port connects will auto-negotiate to 100Mbps operation. Follow best practices for IPMI usage in the network by not allowing the LOM port to connect to the general-use data center network or to 1 Gbps/10 Gbps switch interfaces. |
| USB Port | Reserved for future use. |
| 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 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. For DB-9 pin assignments, see Figure 3. |
| MGMT Port | A 10/100/1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port that you can use for appliance management or DNS service. You can enable the MGMT port and define its use through the GUI after the initial setup. |
| HA Port | A 10/100/1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port through which the active node in an HA (high availability) pair connects to the network using a VIP (virtual IP) address. HA pair nodes also use their HA ports for VRRP (Virtual Router Redundancy Protocol) advertisements. ND-1400 only: HA Port inactive and reserved for future use. |
| LAN1 Port | A 10/100/1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port that connects the appliance to the network. You must use the LAN1 port to set up the appliance initially. It handles all traffic if you do not enable the MGMT and LAN2 ports. The passive node in an HA pair uses this port to synchronize the database with the active node. |
| LAN2 Port | A 10/100/1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port that connects the appliance to the network. The LAN2 port is not enabled 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. |
Status LED | Reserved for future use. |
Power LED | An LED that glows blue when there is power to the appliance. When it is dark, the appliance is not receiving power, even if the power cable is plugged in. Ensure that you power on the appliance through the On/Off switch using a small blunt object, such as a paper clip. |
Alarm LED | Reserved for future use. |
Ethernet Port LEDs
To see the link activity and connection speed of an Ethernet port, you can look at its Activity and Link LEDs. Figure 2 shows the status the LEDs convey through their color and illumination (steady glow or blinking).
Figure 2 Ethernet Port LEDs (inc. SFP+ interfaces where noted)
Connector Pin Assignments
An Infoblox appliance has three types of ports on its front panel:
- USB port (reserved for future use)
- Male DB-9 console port
- Four (4) RJ-45 10Base-T/100Base-T/1000Base-T auto-sensing gigabit Ethernet ports
- Available 10-gigabit Ethernet SFP+ configuration or 1-gigabit Ethernet SFP configuration (see 10 Gigabit Ethernet Support section)
The DB-9 and RJ-45 connector pin assignments are described in Figure 3. The 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 3 Connector Pin Assignments
10Base-T Ethernet and 100Base-T fast Ethernet use the same two pairs of wires. The twisted pair of wires connecting to pins 1 and 2 transmit data, and the twisted pair connecting to pins 3 and 6 receive data. For 1000Base-T connections, all four twisted-pair wires are used for bidirectional traffic.