Citrix NetScaler MPX 11500, MPX 13500, MPX 14500,MPX 16500, MPX 18500, and MPX 20500
The Citrix NetScaler models MPX 11500/13500/14500/16500/18500/20500 are 2U
appliances. Each model has two 6-core processors for a total of 12 physical cores (24
cores with hyper-threading), and 48 gigabytes (GB) of memory.
The following figure shows the front panel of the MPX
11500/13500/14500/16500/18500/20500 appliance.
Figure 1-42. Citrix NetScaler MPX 11500/13500/14500/16500/18500/20500
appliance, front panel
The MPX 11500/13500/14500/16500/18500/20500 appliances have the following ports:
w10/100Base-T copper Ethernet Port (RJ45), also called LOM port. You can use this
port to remotely monitor and manage the appliance independently of the NetScaler
software.
Note: The LEDs on the LOM port are not operational by design.
wRS232 serial console port.
wTwo 10/100/1000Base-T copper Ethernet management ports (RJ45), numbered 0/1
and 0/2 from left to right. These ports are used to connect directly to the appliance
for system administration functions.
wEight 1G SFP ports numbered 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, 1/4 from top to bottom in the first
column, and 1/5, 1/6, 1/7, and 1/8 from top to bottom in the second column.
wFour 10G SFP+ ports numbered 10/1 and 10/2 from top to bottom in the first
column, and 10/3 and 10/4 from top to bottom in the second column.
The following figure shows the back panel of the MPX
11500/13500/14500/16500/18500/20500 appliance.
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