NOTE: The S8000 Series appliances have two dedicated high availability (HA) ports. For more information about HA configurations, refer to the Concepts and Deployment Guide.

Chassis Back Panel

The following illustration shows the rear-panel view of an S8000 Series appliance.

Figure 4-2 S3000/S8000 Series Appliance Back Panel

1Fans (3)

2Power Supplies (2)

Chassis Features

The Chassis features include the following elements:

Power Button” on page 16

System Status Indicator” on page 16

Alert Indicator” on page 17

Fans and Power Supplies” on page 17

External Storage Card” on page 17

Ports” on page 17

Power Button

The power button is located on the right side of the console/management ports on the front panel. The power button light indicates the current status of the appliance.

No light — Appliance is powered off.

Green — Appliance is powered on.

System Status Indicator

The System Status indicator is located on the right side of the front panel and indicates the current operating status of the appliance.

Flashing Green — Appliance is booting and is not yet ready to inspect traffic.

Flashing Green/Yellow — Appliance is booting and BIOS or software is updating.

Solid Green — Appliance is running in a healthy state.

Solid Yellow — Appliance is running but has a health rating below the acceptable threshold.

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