Cisco Systems 78-11180-01 manual PIX 525 Front Panel LEDs

Chapter 2 Installing a PIX Firewall

Installing a PIX 525

•ACT—On when the unit is the Active failover unit. If failover is present, the light is on when the unit is the Active unit and off when the unit is in Standby mode.

Figure 2-14 PIX 525 Front Panel LEDs

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There are three LEDs for the each RJ-45 interface port and three types of fixed interface connectors on the back of the PIX 525. The LEDs and connectors are shown in Figure 2-15.

Figure 2-15 PIX 525 Rear Panel
ACT(ivity)	ACT(ivity)
LED	LED	LINK	Failover
100Mbps	LINK
LED	LED	LED	connector

				F
				A
				I
				L
				O
				V
				E
				R
100Mbps ACT	LINK	100Mbps ACT
		LINK		PIX-525
10/100 ETHERNET 1		10/100 ETHERNET 0
			USB	CONSOLE

10/100 BaseTX		USB
Ethernet 1		port
(RJ-45)
	10/100 BaseTX Console
	Ethernet 0		port (RJ-45)
	(RJ-45)

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The LEDs display the following transmission states:

•100 Mbps—100 megabits per second 100BaseTX communication. If the light is off during network activity, that port is using 10 megabits per second data exchange.

•ACT—Shows network activity.

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