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B1-212 Hardware Components

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Last updated: Nov 01, 2023
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The B1-212 appliance consists of the front, side, and rear panels. This topic describes the components and their functionality on each of these panels.

Front and Side Panels


The BloxOne B1-212 front and side panels include the following components.


ComponentDescription
1Security lock slotUse this slot to secure the B1-212 appliance using a compatible cable lock.
2USB portReserved for future use. An additional USB port is located on the opposite of the appliance.
3System status indicator LED

The color of the LED indicates the system status, as follows:

  • Red: Power on
  • White: System is booting
  • Green: Operating system boots with diagOS 
  • Blue: Reset button is pressed for more than five seconds 

Note

See the Reset button behavior table below for more information.

Rear Panel


The B1-212 rear panel (without the port cover) includes the following components.


ComponentDescription
1Micro USB serial console port

A male micro USB serial port for a console connection to change basic configuration settings and view basic system functions.

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.

2Reset button

When the system is powered off, press the Reset button to power the system on.

When the system is powered on, press the Reset button for more than five seconds and the system performs the following:

  • System reboots
  • Status indicator LED color changes to blue
  • Flag indicating a long push is set by the BIOS in the CMOS RAM
  • Flag allows user to have the operating system detect a long button push

Note

After upgrading to UFW 2.2, the system response when you push the Reset button on a running VEP14xx switch is determined by the operating system that the switch is currently running.

3LED status indicators for SFP+ ports

Link LED appears in green or amber with the following status:

  • Solid green: The SFP+ port is linked and running at 10G speed
  • Solid amber: The SF:P+ port is linked and running at 1G speed
  • Off: No link

Activity LED status:

  • Solid green: Linked
  • Flashing green: Port activity
  • Off: No port activity
4SFP+ portsSFP+ ports that support data rates up to 16 Gbit/s. SFP+ supports 8 Gbit/s Fibre Channel, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, and Optical Transport Network standard OTU2
5Ethernet ports and LED status indicators

1000 Base-T Gigabit Ethernet ports

Link LED appears in green or amber with the following status:

  • Solid green: The ethernet port is linked and running at a maximum 1000M speed
  • Solid amber: The ethernet port is linked and running at a lower 100M or 10M speed
  • Off: No link

Activity LED status:

  • Solid green: Linked
  • Flashing green: Port activity.
  • Off: No port activity
6Power connection portConnection port for the power supply.