Chapter 4: 3Com X506 Overview

Chassis Overview

The 3Com X506 system comprises a 1-rack-unit chassis with a front-access architecture. The X506 has 6 ports, supporting up to 6 network segments. It is rack-mountable on a 19- or 23-inch rack.

The following image shows the front chassis interface for a X506.

Figure 4 - 1: 3Com X506 - Front Panel

USB COM

Port Port

LAN

 

Port

WAN

 

Port

 

 

 

 

Status

 

 

 

 

 

 

LEDs

The following sections describe the X506 hardware components.

Chassis Features

The chassis offers features for viewing the status of the system and modifying settings.

LEDs

The two status LEDs on the front panel are described in the following table.

Table 4 - 1: X506 LED Descriptions

LED

Color

State

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Top LED

Flashing

Bootup

Indicates that the system is booting up.

 

green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solid green

Operational

Indicates that the system is powered and operating properly.

 

 

 

 

Bottom

Flashing

Establishing

Indicates that the VPN connection is in the process of being

LED

 

VPN

established.

 

 

 

 

 

Solid green

Operational

Indicates that all configured VPN connections are established

 

 

 

successfully.

 

 

 

 

 

Solid green,

Established

Indicates that the established VPN connections are passing

 

slow flash

with traffic

data traffic.

 

 

 

 

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