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Table of Contents
ARX
®
6000 Hardware Installation Guide vii
1
Introduction
Audience for this Manual ..............................................................................................................1-3
Document Conventions ................................................................................................................1-3
Related Documents ........................................................................................................................1-4
Safety and Regulatory Notices .....................................................................................................1-5
Class A ITE Label ...................................................................................................................1-5
Qualified Personnel Warning ..............................................................................................1-5
Environmental .........................................................................................................................1-6
Power .......................................................................................................................................1-7
Laser Product Notice ........................................................................................................ 1-10
Contacting Customer Service ................................................................................................... 1-11
2
Product Overview
The ARX
®
.........................................................................................................................................2-3
Redundancy Features .....................................................................................................................2-4
Switch Management ........................................................................................................................2-4
Supported Protocols ......................................................................................................................2-5
Network ..................................................................................................................................2-5
File Services .............................................................................................................................2-5
Security and Authentication ................................................................................................2-5
Management ............................................................................................................................2-6
3
Chassis Hardware
Chassis Components ......................................................................................................................3-3
Power Supply ..........................................................................................................................3-3
Disk Drives ..............................................................................................................................3-4
Fan Tray Module ....................................................................................................................3-5
Chassis Configurations ..................................................................................................................3-6
Redundant Pairs ...............................................................................................................................3-7
Resilient Overlay Network (RON) ............................................................................................3-7
4
Hardware Modules
System Control Module (SCM) ...................................................................................................4-3
Features ....................................................................................................................................4-4
Dual-Channel SCM ................................................................................................................4-4
Adaptive Services Module (ASM) ................................................................................................4-5
Features ....................................................................................................................................4-5
Network Services Module (NSM) ...............................................................................................4-5
NSM-TX ...................................................................................................................................4-6
NSM-FX ...................................................................................................................................4-7
Features ....................................................................................................................................4-7
5
System Specifications
System Specifications ......................................................................................................................5-3
System Power Requirements .......................................................................................................5-4