Input and Output Ports¶
Front Side¶

Network Ports¶
Default Ports¶
When no expansion card is installed, this is the port configuration.
Port |
Interface Name |
Port Name |
Port Type |
Port Speed |
---|---|---|---|---|
0 |
WAN |
igb0 |
RJ-45 |
1 Gbps |
1 |
LAN |
igb1 |
RJ-45 |
1 Gbps |
2 |
OPT1 |
ix0 |
SFP+ |
10 Gbps |
3 |
OPT2 |
ix1 |
SFP+ |
10 Gbps |
Note
Both the WAN and LAN ports of the Netgate® appliance support auto-MDIX and are capable of utilizing either straight-through or crossover ethernet cables.
Warning
The ix(4)
driver used for ports IX0-IX1 does not support ALTQ
traffic shaping directly. Limiters may be used instead, or use tagged VLAN
interfaces which can be used with ALTQ traffic shaping.
Optional Quad Port Expansion Cards¶
Default port configuration for 4-port expansion cards.
4-port 1GbE Supermicro AOC-SGP-i4
4-port 10GbE Intel X710BM2

Port |
Interface Name |
Port Name |
Port Type |
Port Speed |
||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# |
SGP-i4 |
X710 |
SGP-i4 |
X710 |
SGP-i4 |
X710 |
SGP-i4 |
X710 |
0 |
OPT6 |
Unassigned |
igb0 |
ixl0 |
RJ-45 |
SFP+ |
1 Gbps |
10 Gbps |
1 |
OPT5 |
Unassigned |
igb1 |
ixl1 |
RJ-45 |
SFP+ |
1 Gbps |
10 Gbps |
2 |
OPT4 |
Unassigned |
igb2 |
ixl2 |
RJ-45 |
SFP+ |
1 Gbps |
10 Gbps |
3 |
OPT3 |
Unassigned |
igb3 |
ixl3 |
RJ-45 |
SFP+ |
1 Gbps |
10 Gbps |
4 |
WAN |
WAN |
igb4 |
igb0 |
RJ-45 |
RJ-45 |
1 Gbps |
1 Gbps |
5 |
LAN |
LAN |
igb5 |
igb1 |
RJ-45 |
RJ-45 |
1 Gbps |
1 Gbps |
6 |
OPT1 |
OPT1 |
ix0 |
ix0 |
SFP+ |
SFP+ |
10 Gbps |
10 Gbps |
7 |
OPT2 |
OPT2 |
ix1 |
ix1 |
SFP+ |
SFP+ |
10 Gbps |
10 Gbps |
Optional Dual Port Expansion Cards¶
Default port configuraiton for 2-port expansion cards.
2-port 10GbE Chelsio T520-CR
2-port 10GbE Intel X710BM2

Port |
Interface Name |
Port Name |
Port Type |
Port Speed |
||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
# |
T520 |
X710 |
T520 |
X710 |
T520/X710 |
T520/X710 |
0 |
WAN |
Unassigned |
cxl0 |
ixl0 |
SFP+ |
10 Gbps |
1 |
LAN |
Unassigned |
cxl1 |
ixl1 |
SFP+ |
10 Gbps |
2 |
OPT1 |
WAN |
igb0 |
igb0 |
RJ-45 |
1 Gbps |
3 |
OPT3 |
LAN |
igb1 |
igb1 |
RJ-45 |
1 Gbps |
4 |
OPT2 |
OPT1 |
ix0 |
ix0 |
SFP+ |
10 Gbps |
5 |
OPT4 |
OPT2 |
ix1 |
ix1 |
SFP+ |
10 Gbps |
Network Port LEDs¶
Both the RJ-45 and SFP+ Network Ports have LEDs indicating status.

Status LEDs¶

LED |
State |
Description |
---|---|---|
8a |
Continuously on and red
|
An overheat condition has occurred.
(This may be caused by cable congestion.)
|
Blinking red (1Hz)
|
Fan failure, check for an inoperative fan.
|
|
Blinking red (0.25Hz)
|
Power failure, check for a non-operational power supply.
|
|
Solid blue
|
Local UID has been activated. Use this function through
IPMI to locate the server in a rack mount environment.
|
|
Blinking blue
|
Remote UID is on. Use this function through IPMI to
identify the server from a remote location.
|
|
8b |
Flashing
|
Indicates network activity on igb1 (upper left port).
|
8c |
Flashing
|
Indicates network activity on igb0 (lower left port).
|
8d |
Flashing
|
Indicates IDE channel activity on the hard drive.
|
8e |
Illuminated
|
Indicates power is being supplied to the system power supply
units. This LED should normally be illuminated when the
system is operating.
|
Off
|
Indicates no power is being supplied to the system power
supply. System is powered off.
|
Other Ports¶
Port |
I/O Type |
---|---|
4 |
IPMI |
5 |
2x USB 3.0 |
6 |
VGA |
7 |
Reset & Power buttons |
8 |
Status LEDs |