B1-105 Hardware Components
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- Kaitlyn Pratt
The BloxOne B1-105 front panel components include the On/Off switch, Power/Status LEDs, and the following ports: LAN1, LAN2, and USB. The back panel components include two console ports, a VGA and an HDMI port, and an AC to DC connector.
Front Panel
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| Reset Button | Warning This button is intended for use by Infoblox technicians only. To reset the appliance to default factory settings, follow the procedure in Resetting the B1-105. |
| USB Ports | Reserved for future use. |
| LAN2 Port | You must use the LAN2 port to set up the appliance initially. A 10/100/1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port that connects the appliance to the network. |
| LAN1 Port | The LAN1 port is not being used. A 10/100/1000-Mbps gigabit Ethernet port that connects the appliance to the network. |
| Power/Status LEDs | Top LED = HDD status; Blinking amber = connectivity is good 3G LED: Not being used Bottom LED = Power status; solid green = power is on |
| On/Off Switch | A power switch to turn the power supply on and off. The switch is green when power is on; it is red when appliance is connected to power but not switched on. To power off the appliance gracefully, press the On/Off switch and release it quickly. To force the appliance to power off, press the On/Off switch and hold it down until the appliance is off. |
Rear Panel
| Component | Description |
|---|---|
| HDMI and VGA Port | The port for connecting your monitoring to the B1-105 appliance. |
| COM1/COM2 Console Port | Only use COM1. A male DB-9 serial port for a console connection. 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. |
| DC_IN | An AC to DC power input jack to which you connect the power cable of the AC to DC adaptor that ships with the appliance. Note that using an incompatible adaptor or cable, or improperly connecting the adaptor or cable may cause damage to the appliance. |
BloxOne B1-105 Ethernet Port LEDs
To see the link activity and connection speed of an Ethernet port, you can look at its Activity and Link LEDs. The following figure shows the status the LEDs convey through their colors and illumination (steady glow or blinking).
Ethernet Port LEDs
Label | Color | Port Status |
Activity | Blinking Yellow | Link is up and active |
Off | Link is down | |
Link | Steady Amber | 1000 Mbps |
Steady Green | 100 Mbps | |
Off | 10 Mbps |
B1-105 Interface Connector Pin Assignments
The B1-105 appliance has three types of ports:
- USB port (reserved for future use)
- Male DB-9 console port
Two RJ-45 10Base-T/100Base-T/1000Base-T auto-sensing gigabit Ethernet ports
The DB-9 and RJ-45 connector pin assignments are described below. 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.
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.
DB-9 Console Port and RJ-45 Port Pinouts
Pin | Signal | Direction |
1 | (not used) | |
2 | Receive | Input |
3 | Transmit | Output |
4 | DTE Ready | Output |
5 | Ground | — |
6 | DCE Ready | Input |
7 | RTS (Request to Send) | Output |
8 | CTS (Clear to Send) | Output |
9 | (not used) |
Pin | 10Base-T 100Base-T Signal | 1000Base-T Signal | T568A Straight-Through Wire Color | T568B Straight-Through Wire Color |
1 | Transmit + | BI_DA+ | White/Green | White/Orange |
2 | Transmit - | BI_DA- | Green | Orange |
3 | Receive + | BI_DB+ | White/Orange | White/Green |
4 | (not used) | BI_DC+ | Blue | Blue |
5 | (not used) | BI_DC- | White/Blue | White/Blue |
6 | Receive - | BI_DB- | Orange | Green |
7 | (not used) | BI_DD+ | White/Brown | White/Brown |
8 | (not used) | BI_DD- | Brown | Brown |