Alert Indicator

The Alert indicator is located on the right side of the front panel and indicates the current status of the software processes and the hardware.

Solid Green — Both the hardware and the software processes are running normally.

Solid Yellow — System is booting. If the solid yellow indicator remains after startup, a software problem has been detected. Hardware status is undefined.

Flashing Yellow — Hardware problem detected. Software running normally.

Off — Appliance power is off.

Fans and Power Supplies

The S8000 Series appliances include two power supplies and three cooling fans. These components are hot-pluggable. For more information about these components, see Power Supply and Fan Modules” on page 33.

External Storage Card

The S8000 Series appliances include a CFast card slot. The external storage card stores system logs, snapshots, and other system data. The card can be removed and inserted while the appliance is running; however, to do so, you must issue the appropriate mounting and preparation commands in the command line interface (CLI). Refer to Using the External CFast Storage Card” on page 37 or the CLI Reference for command syntax.

For more information about the procedure, refer to Using the External CFast Storage Card” on page 37.

Ports

All NGFW Appliances, including the S8000 Series appliances, are equipped with eight copper ports in addition to the console and management ports shown in the following figure:

Figure 4-3 Management and Console Ports

11 RJ-45 serial console port

21GbE copper management port

3Link LED

4Activity LED

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