Dell BigIron RX-16, Installation Manual

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BigIron RX Installation Guide 9
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Hardware features
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Figure 5 shows the management module’s front panel.
FIGURE 5 Management module front panel
The front panel includes the following control features:
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Two PCMCIA slots
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A Console port
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A 10/100/1000 Ethernet port
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Six LEDs
PCMCIA slots
The PCMCIA slots support a flash PC card. The flash PC card provides storage space in addition to
the system’s flash memory. A flash PC card can store system files, including boot images, startup
configuration files, running configuration files, and so on. As a result, you can perform system
management tasks, such as copying files between flash PC cards, copying files between a flash PC
card and flash memory, and so on.
Console port
The Console port is a standard DB-9 serial connector through which you can attach a PC or
terminal to configure the BigIron RX Series system using the command line interface (CLI).
This port interfaces the control plane only and not the data plane.
10/100/1000 Ethernet port
The front panel includes a 10BaseT/100BaseTX/1000BaseTX auto-sensing, auto-negotiating
Ethernet port. This port has an RJ-45 unshielded twisted pair (UTP) connector.
Typical uses of this port include but are not limited to the following:
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Connecting a PC through which you can access the system through a Telnet or SSHv2
connection and configure, monitor, and manage the BigIron RX Series system.
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Connecting to the 10BaseT/100BaseTX/1000BaseTX port of a switch or router, for
connectivity to your existing management network. You can then access the BigIron RX Series
system and configure, monitor, and manage the system from a management station.
NOTE
The existing management network into which you can connect the 10/100/1000 Ethernet port
must be separate and isolated from the network over which user packets are switched and routed.
This port interfaces the control plane only and not the data plane.
Pwr
Active
10/100/1000
Port 1
Port 2
Console
RX-BI-MR