F5 ARX-500, Hardware Reference Manual

Page 1: ...ARX Hardware Reference Guide MAN 0338 00...

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Page 4: ...his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference Any modifications to this device unless expressly approved by the manufacturer can void the user...

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Page 9: ...ystem Specifications 3 3 ARX 500 System Specifications 3 3 ARX 1500 System Specifications 3 4 ARX 2000 System Specifications 3 4 ARX 2500 System Specifications 3 5 ARX 4000 System Specifications 3 6 S...

Page 10: ...Overview 4 3 ARX 1500 Chassis Overview 4 9 ARX 2000 Chassis Overview 4 12 ARX 2500 Chassis Overview 4 18 ARX 4000 Chassis Overview 4 21 External Interfaces 4 26 Application Control Module 4 28 Control...

Page 11: ...1 Introduction Audience for this Manual Document Conventions Related Documents Supported Protocols ARX Acronyms and Definitions Safety and Regulatory Notices Contacting Customer Service...

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Page 13: ...text appears for emphasis new terms and book titles Note Notes provide additional or helpful information about the subject text Important Important notices show how to avoid possible service outage o...

Page 14: ...by default 162 SNMP traps TCP UDP Disabled by default The port is configurable 22 SSH TCP Enabled by default 23 TELNET TCP Disabled by default 443 HTTPS TCP GUI enabled by default 80 HTTP TCP GUI dis...

Page 15: ...ation Other 53 DNS TCP UDP Queries 389 LDAP TCP UDP 25805 NTLM agent default TCP Default port is configurable 464 lc passwd UDP and TCP 137 138 WINS UDP Name service 88 Kerberos TCP UDP 137 138 NetBIO...

Page 16: ...ability HA 49800 rendezvous API new in 5 2 0 83 HTTP API 843 HTTPS API Table 1 2 Acronyms and Definitions Acronym Definition AC alternating current ACM Application Control Module ACPI Advanced Configu...

Page 17: ...Attached Storage NFS Network File System NIC network interface controller NMI non maskable interrupt NSM Network Services Module NVRAM Non Volatile Read Only Memory OOB out of band OCP over current p...

Page 18: ...t Protocol TxD transmit signal U as in 1U or 2U unit VAC Volts Alternating Current VDC Volts Direct Current F5 Networks Online Knowledge Base Online repository of answers to frequently asked questions...

Page 19: ...se limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against interference when the device is operated in a commercial environment This device generates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy a...

Page 20: ...n which case the user may be required to take corrective actions Note the following radiation emission related warning if the device is installed in a Class B environment Class A Warning Qualified Per...

Page 21: ...circulation d air am nager un d gagement d au moins 7 6 cm 3 pouces autour des bouches d a ration Restricted Area Warning WARNING This device is intended for installation in restricted access areas A...

Page 22: ...le pendant les op rations de montage ou de r paration de cette unit en casier il convient de prendre des pr cautions sp ciales afin de maintenir la stabilit du syst me Les directives ci dessous sont d...

Page 23: ...C power disconnect each power cord before servicing the device L ARX poss de plusieurs blocs d alimentation prenez soin de d brancher tous les cables d alimentation si vous souhaitez mettre l quipemen...

Page 24: ...or working near power supplies unplug the power cord on AC units Avant de travailler sur un ch ssis ou proximit d une alimentation lectrique d brancher lecordon d alimentation des unit s en courant Ba...

Page 25: ...DOC EMI requirements Equipment Requirements for devices imported into Canada shall bear both English and French translations as follows This digital apparatus does not exceed the Class A or B limits f...

Page 26: ...Chapter 1 Introduction 1 16...

Page 27: ...2 ARX Overview ARX Functional Overview ARX Platform Models Managing the Switch...

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Page 29: ...ve storage without any effect on clients Inline management of storage capacity to adapt the back end storage to client demands The following table lists and describes the features for each ARX model T...

Page 30: ...centers and branch remote offices Combines application processing and control switch fabric throughput and external interfaces into a single FRU field replaceable unit compact design Offers the same...

Page 31: ...processing and control switch fabric throughput and external interfaces into a compact design consisting of 2 FRUs field replaceable units Includes a removable front bezel which when attached covers a...

Page 32: ...tice that the units run louder and produce a greater air flow The disk LED indicator design has changed from the old appliance design to the new appliance design The disk LED indicator was moved from...

Page 33: ...n the main face plate of the ARX 2500 appliance The new platform also includes fans that run at a faster speed Users may notice that the units run louder and produce a greater air flow The disk LED in...

Page 34: ...ary RAID Level 1 protected boot configuration disk drives Redundant power supplies installed to share the power load Redundant connections to the fan tray Redundant AC DC power For information about c...

Page 35: ...provides the following management interfaces Serial console port for access and management through a local serial console terminal and the CLI labeled CONSOLE Out of band 10 100 1000 Ethernet port for...

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Page 37: ...3 System Specifications System Specifications System Power Requirements Cable Requirements...

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Page 39: ...e 3 6 ARX 500 System Specifications The following table lists the ARX 500 system specifications Table 3 1 ARX 500 System Specifications Component Specification Chassis Dimensions Height 1 703 in Width...

Page 40: ...4 Amps 240Vac 2Amps 47 63Hz 100 240VAC 47 63Hz 4 2A Environmental Requirements Altitude 60m 197ft min to 1800m 6000 ft max Humidity Operating 10 min to 95 max non condensing Storage 5 to 95 Temperatur...

Page 41: ...ax Humidity Operating 5 min to 95 max non condensing Storage 5 to 95 Temperature Operating 41 deg to 95 deg F 5 deg to 35 deg C Storage 4 deg to 149 deg F 20 deg to 65 deg C Table 3 4 ARX 2500 System...

Page 42: ...System Specifications Component Specification Chassis Dimensions includes front bezel Height 7 00 in Width 19 00 in including the fixed mounting ears Depth 24 0 in Chassis Weight 96 lb 43 54 kg Power...

Page 43: ...600 Watt demand Equivalent to 2 843 BTUs hour ARX 1500 System Power Requirements The ARX 1500 is powered by two power supplies 1 1 redundancy system consisting of two power modules and one power syste...

Page 44: ...atts This is equivalent to 3328 BTUs hour Cable Requirements For details on the cable requirements for all the ARX models choose from the following ARX 500 Cable Requirements on page 3 8 ARX 1500 Cabl...

Page 45: ...rt 1 1 Dedicated redundancy link port 1 2 a 100 1000 BASE T Category 5 6 unshielded twisted pair UTP cable 24 AWG a Gigabit Ethernet ports support automatic MDI MDIX cross over This feature automatica...

Page 46: ...hrough cabling Table 3 8 ARX 2000 Required Power and Data Cables Qty Cable Cord Used on Specification 2 AC power cord AC DC power supply 15 A 120 VAC with IEC 320 type connector 1 Console cable with R...

Page 47: ...form factor 10 gigabit Ethernet ports 10G BASE SR gigabit Ethernet fiber cable Short reach multi mode fiber MMF with duplex LC style connectors Distances up to 82m on 50 125um MMF or 26m on 62 5 125u...

Page 48: ...RJ 45 to DB9 adapter Console port 100BASE T Category 5 unshielded twisted pair UTP 24 AWG 1 PCI E interconnect cable Control plane to data plane 1 Ethernet cable for connection to 10 100 1000 Mbps Et...

Page 49: ...ARX 2000 and ARX 4000 The following table lists the RJ 45 pinout assignments for the rollover cable and the adapter The left column shows the transmit TxD ground GND and receive RxD signals and the r...

Page 50: ...e fiber connectors These Table 3 11 SCM ACM console port signaling cabling for ARX 500 ARX 2000 and ARX 4000 SCM ACM Console Port RJ 45 Rollover Cable RJ 45 to DB9 Adapter Console Device DTE Signal RJ...

Page 51: ...ng in the transceiver Figure 3 3 Rubber grommet filler or a cable connector ARX 500 Connectors The ARX 500 has four rear panel ports for cabling as shown in the following figure Figure 3 4 ARX 500 rea...

Page 52: ...ors Interface Connector Purpose Console labeled CONSOLE on back of switch RJ 45 Serial port for CLI access Management labeled MGMT on back of switch RJ 45 Ethernet port for CLI or GUI access Gigabit E...

Page 53: ...e SFP Connectors are available to support short reach or long reach fiber cable Optical ports for 10 Gbps Ethernet connections over multi mode fiber 2 Copper ports RJ 45 Connectors are available to su...

Page 54: ...thernet connections over multi mode fiber Shipped with small form factor pluggable SFP optical transceivers installed Transceivers accept SC style multi mode fiber connectors for connection to Etherne...

Page 55: ...4 Switch Hardware and Functionality Chassis Overview External Interfaces Application Control Module Power Supplies Internal Disk Drives Fan Units...

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Page 57: ...sis designed for a standard 19 inch rack installation to maintain proper ventilation and cooling The front panel of the ARX 500 includes the control panel with its components and indicators such as th...

Page 58: ...f The sleep feature is for ACPI compatible operating systems b System ID button Causes two ID LEDs to light one on the front panel and one on the rear panel On earlier models the LEDs both blinked 14...

Page 59: ...ble lists and describes the rear panel ports and LEDs Table 4 2 ARX 500 Rear Panel Ports and LEDs Callout Feature Function a Keyboard and mouse ports For field personnel only b Serial console port Ser...

Page 60: ...ed in the lower left steady green indicates that the link is established Activity LED Located in the lower right blinking yellow indicates packet traffic h Client server port Ethernet port for all cli...

Page 61: ...Function a Out of band management NIC2 Continuous green light indicates a link between the system and the management network to which it is connected Blinking green light indicates network activity b...

Page 62: ...ing green indicates degraded performance Solid yellow indicates a critical or non recoverable condition Blinking yellow indicates a non critical condition No light indicates POST is running or the sys...

Page 63: ...1 MGMT on the front This port can be used as either a management or a client server port ARX 1500 LED Indicators The following sections describe the ARX 1500 LEDs including ARX 1500 Ethernet LEDs on p...

Page 64: ...the Ethernet port and its supporting hub Off Adapter and device are not receiving power No connection between both ends of network cable Drivers of Ethernet have not been loaded or do not function co...

Page 65: ...1500 Alarm and Status LEDs The alarm and status LEDs are located to the right of the drive LEDs The combined alarm and status LEDs indicate the state of the device as described in the following table...

Page 66: ...Green check the console It will display a message telling you to press Enter when ready to run the initial boot script also called the Switch Configuration wizard The alarm LED will remain red this is...

Page 67: ...hese components see Table 4 11 Figure 4 8 ARX 2000 Back Panel Table 4 10 ARX 2000 Front Panel Components Callout Component Description A NVRAM NV Non Volatile RAM battery B Power LED power button and...

Page 68: ...etails on the functions associated with each LED see Table 4 12 Table 4 11 ARX 2000 Back Panel Components Callout Component Description A Serial console port Used to access and manage the switch throu...

Page 69: ...tails on the LED colors and blinking patterns see Table 4 14 C Power Supply LED status of both power supplies aggregated into one LED The LED displays Green indicating power is on If you receive an SN...

Page 70: ...Status LED Module State Off Green Online Red Green blinking In the process of booting Off Amber Online Partial At least one processor is online but at least one processor is not yet online If the offl...

Page 71: ...D see the following table ARX 2000 Disk Drive LEDs Each disk drive has a single LED to the right of the drive This LED does not provide status details The LED is either off not illuminated which indic...

Page 72: ...State Power Supply Condition Off No AC power applied to the power supply Green Power supply on and healthy Amber Power supply is on but experiencing a critical event causing a shutdown Examples that...

Page 73: ...rface the SPEED LED blinks blue Table 4 19 ARX 2500 Ethernet LED States Label Color Indicator Status ACT LINK Green or other On Ethernet is receiving power Good linkage between the Ethernet port and i...

Page 74: ...ivity Green Disk activity ARX 2500 Alarm and Status LEDs The alarm and status LEDs are located to the right of the hard drive LEDs The combined alarm and status LEDs indicate the state of the device F...

Page 75: ...cution of a switch interview After the LEDs change to Red Green check the console It will display a message telling you to press Enter when ready to run the initial boot script also called the Switch...

Page 76: ...4000 Control Plane LED and Button Functions on page 4 24 B Drive bays The ARX 4000 includes two redundant 146 GB internal SAS hard disks that store the software image configuration files log files and...

Page 77: ...a local console terminal and the CLI B OOB management port Used to access the CLI or the GUI from the management network C PCI E cable connections Used to connect the control plane and data plane D Po...

Page 78: ...plane contains the LED and buttons shown in the following figure For details on the functions associated with each LED or button see Table 4 24 Figure 4 14 ARX 4000 Control Plane LEDs and Buttons Tabl...

Page 79: ...d For details on the LED colors and blinking patterns that occur during various operational states see Table 4 26 B Alarm The front of the data plane provides an alarm LED to indicate various states W...

Page 80: ...LEDS on the power supply unit to gather additional information To assist in troubleshooting consult Table 4 28 for a description of the power supply LEDS and states E PCI E Cable Link Status Green Lin...

Page 81: ...ARX 2000 Ethernet Interfaces Figure 4 17 ARX 2000 Console and Management Interfaces ARX 2500 external interfaces Support for the following external interfaces 3 1 G copper Ethernet ports 1 Ethernet ma...

Page 82: ...ing MAC address assignment for Ethernet ports Real time clock synchronization for user interfaces Health status and statistics monitoring and management through LEDs and software Temperature and power...

Page 83: ...s and the external warning LED which displays the status of the total power supply system begins to blink The LEDs on the front of the power module which indicate the power supply s status will not li...

Page 84: ...he warning buzzer disappears and the external warning LED turns green again ARX 4000 Power Supply To provide full redundancy and load sharing the ARX 4000 is powered by four fully managed AC DC power...

Page 85: ...laceable units ARX 2500 internal disk drives Contains two redundant 146GB SAS drives configured as RAID1 Used to store the software image configuration files log files and other maintenance related da...

Page 86: ...ed to the primary controller on the ACM These drives are field replaceable units Fan Units The ARX internal fans comprise an environmentally controlled cooling system The ACM is connected to the fan u...

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Page 89: ...ar planel LEDs 4 5 system status LEDs 4 6 ARX 500 external interfaces 4 26 B back panel ARX 2000 4 13 battery warning 1 14 C cable connectors ARX 2000 3 17 cable requirements ARX 4000 3 12 chassis ove...

Page 90: ...RX 4000 4 30 power supply ARX 500 4 29 power system ARX 1500 4 29 power system ARX 2500 4 29 power system ARX 4000 4 30 R rack mounting and servicing 1 12 redundant pairs ARX 2 8 regulatory compliance...