Power input

Table 17 Power input specifications

Item

Remarks

A-F1000-A-EI/A-F1000-S-EI

AC

DC

Rated voltage range

100 to 240 VAC; 50/60 Hz

 

 

Maximum input current

2 A

 

 

Maximum output power

150 W

Rated voltage range

–48VDC to –60VDC

 

 

Maximum input current

6 A

 

 

Maximum output power

150 W

 

 

NOTE:

No AC power supply or DC power supply is provided with the firewall.

Console port

The A-F1000-A-EI/A-F1000-S-EI firewall provides an RS-232 asynchronous serial console port that can be connected to a computer for system debugging, configuration, maintenance, management, and host software loading.

Table 18 Technical specifications for the console port

Item

Specification

Connector

RJ-45

 

 

Compliant standard

RS-232

 

 

Baud rate

9600 bps to 115200 bps

9600 bps (default)

 

 

 

Transmission distance

≤15 m (49.21 ft)

 

 

 

Provides connection to an ASCII terminal

Services

Provides connection to the serial port of a local PC to run the terminal emulation

program

 

 

Command line interface (CLI)

 

 

Combo interfaces

An A-F1000-A-EI/A-F1000-S-EI firewall provides 12 combo interfaces. Each combo interface contains a copper Ethernet port and a fiber SFP port, and can work either as a copper port or fiber port. Only one of the fiber port and copper port that form a combo interface can work at a time. By default, a combo interface works as a copper port.

You can use the combo enable { copper fiber } command in interface view to activate the copper port or fiber port of the combo interafce.

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