Input and Output Ports¶

Default Configuration¶

Network Ports¶

Port	pfSense Label	Interface	Port Type	Port Speed
0	OPT1	igb0	RJ-45	1 Gbps
1	OPT2	igb1	RJ-45	1 Gbps
2	WAN	ix0	RJ-45	10 Gbps
3	LAN	ix1	RJ-45	10 Gbps

Note

Both the WAN and LAN ports of the pfSense® 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.

Network Port LEDs¶

The RJ-45 Network Ports have LEDs indicating status.

RJ-45 Ethernet Ports

Each RJ-45 Ethernet port has two LEDs to indicate connection, activity, and connection speed, as outlined in the table below.

Activity LED (Left)	Link Speed LED (Right)
Off = No Connection Yellow Flashing = Activity	Amber = 1 Gbps Green = 100 Mbps (10 Gbps for 10GbE Port) Off = No Connection or 10 Mbps

Note

Reverse the above table for the bottom ports as they are inverted.

Other I/O¶

Port	I/O Type
4	IPMI
5	2x USB 3.0
6	VGA
7	Reset & Power buttons
8	Status LEDs (see table below)

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.
8e	Off	Indicates no power is being supplied to the system power supply. System is powered off.

With 4 Port Intel 1 Gbps Ethernet Expansion Card¶

Port	pfSense Label	Interface	Port Type	Port Speed
0	OPT6	igb0	RJ-45	1 Gbps
1	OPT5	igb1	RJ-45	1 Gbps
2	OPT4	igb2	RJ-45	1 Gbps
3	OPT3	igb3	RJ-45	1 Gbps
4	WAN	igb4	RJ-45	1 Gbps
5	LAN	igb5	RJ-45	1 Gbps
6	OPT1	ix0	RJ-45	10 Gbps
7	OPT2	ix1	RJ-45	10 Gbps

With 2 Port Chelsio 10 Gbps Ethernet Expansion Card¶

Port	pfSense Label	Interface	Port Type	Port Speed
0	WAN	cxl0	SFP+	10 Gbps
1	LAN	cxl1	SFP+	10 Gbps
2	OPT1	igb0	RJ-45	1 Gbps
3	OPT3	igb1	RJ-45	1 Gbps
4	OPT2	ix0	RJ-45	10 Gbps
5	OPT4	ix1	RJ-45	10 Gbps