56 | Installing Network Cards in SteelHead GX and xx70, SteelHead SD, SteelCentral, Interceptor 9600, and SteelFusion Core 3500
Maximum NICs and slot restrictions for SteelHead GX10000, CX5070, CX7070, and Interceptor 9600
Maximum NICs and slot restrictions for SteelHead GX10000,
CX5070, CX7070, and Interceptor 9600
This table summarizes the maximum number of NICs and slot restrictions for the SteelHead GX10000,
CXxx70, and Interceptor 9600 appliances. For additional details on slot restrictions, see
.
Supported cards for SteelFusion Core 3500 appliances
All the network cards for SteelFusion appliances support fail-to-block mode, see
The SteelFusion Core 3500 NICs require SteelFusion Core 4.0 or later.
The Two-Port 10-GbE Fiber SFP+ card requires SteelFusion Core 4.2 or later.
The following tables summarize the add-on cards and small form-factor pluggables (SFP) compatible
with the SteelFusion Core 3500 appliances.
Supported NICs
Quantity
Supported slots
SteelHead GX 10000
1 GbE
4
1, 2, 4, 5 (compression card in slots 3 and 6)
10 GbE
2
1, 2 (hardware restriction in slots 4 and 5;
compression cards in slots 3 and 6)
40 GbE
2
1, 2 (compression card in slots 3 and 6)
SteelHead CX5070
1 GbE
6
1-6
10 GbE
4
1, 2, 3, 6 (hardware restriction in slots 4 and 5)
40 GbE
2
1, 2
SteelHead CX7070
1 GbE
5
1, 2, 4, 6 (compression card in slot 3)
10 GbE
3
1, 2, 6 (compression card in slot 3; hardware
restrictions slots 4 and 5)
40 GbE
2
1, 2 (compression card in slot 3)
Interceptor 9600
1 GbE
6
1-6
10 GbE
4
1, 2, 3, 6
40 GbE
2
1, 2