PaloAlto Networks M-300, Hardware Reference Manual

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M-300 and M-700 Appliance Overview
Item Component Descripon
is in PAN-DB mode, refer to the appropriate
release-specific PAN-OS
®
Administrators Guide.
4 USB ports Not used.
5 IPMI port Not used.
6 Console port Use this port to connect a management computer to
the appliance using a 9-pin serial cable and terminal
emulaon soware.
The console connecon provides access to
appliance boot messages, the Maintenance
Recovery Tool (MRT), and the command line
interface (CLI).
If your management computer does not
have a serial port, use a USB-to-serial
converter.
Use the following sengs to configure your
terminal emulaon soware to connect to the
console port:
• Data rate: 9600
• Data bits: 8
• Parity: None
• Stop bits: 1
• Flow control: None
7 Unique Idenficaon (UID)
buon and LED
Use the UID feature to help you locate the
appliance when you move from the back to the
front of the equipment rack where the appliance
is installed. When you push the UID buon to
enable the UID feature, both the front-panel
System informaon LED and the back-panel UID
LED illuminate bright blue to help you locate the
appliance when you move between opposite sides
of the equipment rack. The back-panel UID LED is
located to the right of the UID buon. Push the UID
buon again to deacvate these LEDs.
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