Oracle Acme Packet 4500, Hardware Installation And Maintenance Manual

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16 Acme Packet 4500 Hardware Installation and Maintenance Guide
COMPONENT OVERVIEW
Rear Panel
Power supplies and the network interface unit (NIU) are located on the rear chassis
panel, which looks like this:
Network Interface Unit Power Supplies
Figure 2 - 18. Main Rear Panel Components
Each of these two system components are described in subsequent sections of this
chapter.
Network Interface Unit
The Acme Packet 4500’s network interface unit (NIU) is located on the right side of
the chassis’s rear. The single, hot-pluggable NIU contains all media and
management interfaces. Media interfaces are located on the right side of the card,
while management interfaces are located on the left side of the card. A 4-port GbE
Copper (RJ45) NIU is shown below.
Network Management
Ports
Network Media Ports
Console and
Alarm Ports
Figure 2 - 19. Rear Panel Ports
Small form-factor pluggable (SFP) network ports on an SFP NIU are in the same
position as in the network media ports in the previous image.