Input and Output Ports

Front Panel

The front panel of the Netgate 8300 contains several items of interest for connecting to and managing the device.

Front view of the Netgate 8300 Security Gateway with key items numbered

The items below are marked with numbers on figure Front view of the Netgate 8300 Security Gateway with key items numbered:

Item	Description
1	Power Supply Unit (PSU) Bays
2	Serial Console (RJ45)
3	2x USB 3.0 Port
4	Reset Button
5	ACPI Power Button - Graceful shutdown, hard power off (Hold 10s), power on
6	Status LEDs
7	10G/1G SFP+ Networking Ports
8	1G SFP+ Networking Ports
9	2.5G RJ45 Networking Ports
10	1G IPMI Management Port (P11, Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI))
11	Add-on Expansion Card Slots

Power Supply Unit (PSU) Bays (1)

The chassis contains two power supply unit bays located on the far left of the front side. The PSUs are hot swappable and the unit can operate with one or both PSUs connected to line power.

The Netgate 8300 BASE unit ships with one power supply, the Netgate 8300 MAX unit ships with dual power supplies. Additional power supplies are available. A second PSU can be added to the BASE model later by removing the blank panel cover.

Each PSU is 500W with 110V/240V AC input. It contains a standard IEC320-C16 (3-pin) power receptacle which accepts a standard IEC320-C15 power plug.

Serial Console Port (2)

Clients can access the serial console using the RJ45 “Cisco” style console port with a separate cable and USB serial adapter or client hardware port.

Note

The RJ45 Serial Console port is only for use with the Serial Console. It cannot be used for any other purpose.

2x USB 3.0 Ports (3)

USB ports on the device can be used for a variety of purposes.

The primary use for the USB ports is to install or reinstall the operating system on the device. Beyond that, any purposes are left to administrators to configure and utilize.

Reset Button (4)

The Reset Button acts as a standard hardware reset button and immediately resets the hardware when pressed.

ACPI Power Button (5)

The large round lighted Power Button behaves the same as a typical ACPI power button.

If the device is powered on and running, pressing the button immediately performs a graceful shutdown and the system enters a standby state.

If the system is in a powered off or standby state, pressing the power button immediately powers on the device and starts the boot process.

If the system is unresponsive, holding in the power button for 10 seconds will forcefully power off the device. Press the power button again to turn it back on.

Status LEDs (6)

The status LEDs, including the backlight on the power button, indicate various status information for the device. The power button LED and the first two LEDs from top to bottom are for OS status, while the bottom LED is for the status of the baseboard management controller (BMC).

See Status LEDs for information on interpreting the meaning of different LED states.

10G/1G SFP+ Networking Ports (7)

This group of four ports labeled P0-P3 are 10G/1G SFP+ Networking Ports.

1G SFP+ Networking Ports (8)

This group of four ports labeled P4-P7 are 1G SFP+ Networking Ports.

2.5G RJ45 Networking Ports (9)

This group of three ports labeled P8-P10 are 2.5G RJ45 Networking Ports.

1G IPMI Management Port (10)

The rightmost RJ45 port labeled P11 is the 1G MGMT port dedicated to IPMI. See Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) for details on how to access IPMI.

Note

This dedicated IPMI management port is not visible to or usable by the operating system.

Add-on Expansion Card Slots (11)

These are expansion slots and covers which may house additional add-on cards such as for network interfaces. See Add-On Expansion Card Installation for installation information.

There are two available expansion slots:

• 1x PCIe 3.0 x8 LP (Low Profile) slot which supports half-length low profile cards.

  This slot has a PCIe-LP connector which is PCIe x16 but only wired for PCIe x8. While the slot supports PCIe x16 half length cards, only 8 lanes function.

• 1x PCIe 4.0 x16 slot which supports full-height three-quarter length cards.

  This x16 PCIe slot can supply a maximum of 75W directly.

  Note

  The power draw of standard 25-100 Gbit/s network interface cards will NOT exceed the standard 75W slot rating.

Networking Ports

The sections on the front of the device numbered 7, 8, and 9 in Front view of the Netgate 8300 Security Gateway with key items numbered contain the network interfaces. These ports are labeled P0 through P10 on the device and are grouped by speed.

Netgate 8300 Secure Router Network Interface Layout

Label	Bus Address	Linux Label	TNSR Label	Port Type	Port Speed
P0	0000:f4:00.0	eno2	TwentyFiveGigabitEthernetf4/0/0	SFP+	10 Gbps/1 Gbps
P1	0000:f4:00.1	eno3	TwentyFiveGigabitEthernetf4/0/1	SFP+	10 Gbps/1 Gbps
P2	0000:f4:00.2	eno4	TwentyFiveGigabitEthernetf4/0/2	SFP+	10 Gbps/1 Gbps
P3	0000:f4:00.3	eno5	TwentyFiveGigabitEthernetf4/0/3	SFP+	10 Gbps/1 Gbps
P4	0000:f4:00.4	enp244s0f4	TwentyFiveGigabitEthernetf4/0/4	SFP+	1 Gbps
P5	0000:f4:00.5	enp244s0f5	TwentyFiveGigabitEthernetf4/0/5	SFP+	1 Gbps
P6	0000:f4:00.6	enp244s0f6	TwentyFiveGigabitEthernetf4/0/6	SFP+	1 Gbps
P7	0000:f4:00.7	enp244s0f7	TwentyFiveGigabitEthernetf4/0/7	SFP+	1 Gbps
P8	0000:0d:00.0	eno1	TwoDotFiveGigabitEthernetd/0/0	RJ45	2.5 Gbps
P9	0000:0b:00.0	ens9	TwoDotFiveGigabitEthernetb/0/0	RJ45	2.5 Gbps
P10	0000:09:00.0	ens8	TwoDotFiveGigabitEthernet9/0/0	RJ45	2.5 Gbps

Networking Ports with Add-on Cards

There are two add-on expansion card slots on the Netgate 8300 device and they can both be populated with network cards, for a total of either two or four additional network ports.

The following table shows interface information for a Netgate 8300 containing an E810-XXV card with 2x 25 Gbit/s ports in the x8 half height slot and an E810-C card with 2x 100 Gbit/s ports in the x16 full height slot.

Netgate 8300 Secure Router Add-On Network Interfaces

Bus Address	Linux Label	TNSR Label	Port Type	Port Speed
0000:03:00.0	enp3s0f0	TwentyFiveGigabitEthernet3/0/0	SFP	25 Gbit/s
0000:03:00.1	enp3s0f1	TwentyFiveGigabitEthernet3/0/1	SFP	25 Gbit/s
0000:15:00.0	ens6f0	HundredGigabitEthernet15/0/0	QSFP	100 Gbit/s
0000:15:00.1	ens6f1	HundredGigabitEthernet15/0/1	QSFP	100 Gbit/s

Status LEDs

The Netgate 8300 has two groups of status LEDs: Three LEDs (including the power button) for the operating system status, and one LED for the baseboard management controller (BMC) status.

Close-up view of the Netgate 8300 Security Gateway Status LEDs

The Operating System status LEDs are labeled with shapes which correspond to each LED: Green Circle, Blue Square, and Black Diamond. The BMC status LED is labeled “BMC”.

OS Status LED Patterns

Description	LED Pattern
Standby	Circle pulsing amber
Power Applied	Circle solid amber
BIOS Booting	Circle flashing green
Running	Circle solid green

BMC Status LED Patterns

Description	LED Pattern
BMC Power Applied	BMC solid amber
BMC OS Booting	BMC flashing blue
BMC Boot Completed/Ready	BMC solid blue

Power Supply Unit LED Patterns

Each power supply has a status LED in the upper right corner (not pictured).

Description	LED Pattern
Power Applied + Power On	PSU solid green
Power Applied + Power Off	PSU flashing green
Power Loss to all PSUs	PSU off
Power Loss to one PSU [1]	PSU flashing amber
Warning Event [2]	PSU flashing alternating amber and green
Critical Event [3]	PSU solid amber

PSU LED Notes

[1]

When multiple PSUs are installed.

[2]

PSU continues operating during warning events. Warning events include: High temperature, power level higher than expected, current higher than expected, fan operating slower than expected.

[3]

Critical events cause a PSU to shut down. Critical events include: PSU failure, output over current protection, output over voltage protection, fan failure.

Rear Panel

The rear panel of the device has items which are not meant to be accessed as often as the front, as the device is intended to be mounted in a rack.

Rear view of the Netgate 8300 Security Gateway with key items numbered

The items below are marked with numbers on figure Rear view of the Netgate 8300 Security Gateway with key items numbered:

Item	Description
1	Fan exhaust grills
2	Ground connection
3	Power switch