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Chapter 4
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The following figure shows the front panel of the ARX-4000 with the bezel
removed. The figure displays the location of front panel components (the
drive bays and Ethernet ports, for example) and indicators such as status
LEDs. For a description of these components and indicators, see
Table 4.22 .
Figure 4.12 ARX-4000 Front Panel– Bezel Removed
Table 4.22 ARX-4000 Front Panel Components and Descriptions
Callout Component Description
A Control plane
LED and power
and reset
buttons Front control plane LED, indicating the application
of power. For specifics, see
ARX-4000 Control
Plane LED and Button Functions, on page 4-24 .
B Drive bays The ARX-4000 includes two redundant 146 GB
internal SAS hard disks, that store the software
image, configuration files, log files, and other
maintenance-related data, configured as RAID1.
These drives are connected to the primary
controller on the ACM.
These drives are FRUs.
C Drive LEDs Each drive has an LED to the right of the drive. The
possible LED states are as follows:
• Flickering blue indicates disk activity.
• Continuous amber indicates a critical or
non-recoverable error condition.
D Data plane
LEDs Front panel data plane LEDs indicate PCI link
status, NVRAM battery status, data plane power
supply status, and various operational states. For
specifics, see
ARX-4000 Data Plane LED
Functions, on page 4-25 .
E NVRAM NV (Non-Volatile) RAM battery.