66 | Installing Network Cards in SteelHead GX and xx70, SteelHead SD, SteelCentral, Interceptor 9600, and SteelFusion Core 3500
Installing network add-on cards in 2U appliances
Slot restrictions for 2U appliances
Product
Slot guidelines
SteelHead CX5070, CX7070
• Appliances ship with a four-port 1-GbE copper bypass card installed in slot 1.
• The preferred order for populating slots is 2, 3 (if available), 6, 5, and 4.
• Install10-GbE NICs before 1-Gbps NICs when following the preferred slot
order. (The preinstalled NIC will always remain in slot1.)
• Compression cards must be installed in slot 3. (The CX7070H also includes a
preinstalled compression card in slot 3.)
SteelHead GX10000
• GX10000 appliances don’t ship with any data NICs installed. If you preorder a
data NIC, it will be installed in slot 1. The GX10000 ships with two
compression cards in slots 3 and 6.
• The preferred order for populating slots is 2, 4, and 5.
• Install 10-GbE cards before 1-GbE cards when following the preferred slot
order. You can install a maximum of two 10-GbE NICs in slots 1 and 2.
• 10-GbE cards must be installed in slots 1, 2, 3, or 6; don’t install in slots 4 or
5. Install 10-GbE cards before 1-GbE cards when following the preferred slot
order.
• 40-GbE cards must be installed in slot 1 or 2; don’t install in slots 3, 4, 5, or 6.
Interceptor 9600
• Appliances ship with a four-port 1-GbE copper bypass card installed in slot 1.
You can install a maximum of six 1-GbE NICs in slots 1-6 in IC 9600.
• The preferred order for populating slots is 2, 3 (if available), 6, 5, and 4.
• Install10-GbE NICs before 1-Gbps NICs when following the preferred slot
order. (The preinstalled NIC will always remain in slot1.)
• 10-GbE NICs must be installed in slots 1,2, 3, or 6; don’t install in 4, 5.
Install10-GbE NICs before 1-Gbps NICs when following the preferred slot
order. You can install a maximum of four 10-GbE NICs in IC 9600.
• IC9600 supports four10-GbE network add-on cards. The1GbE card in slot1
must be relocated to slot 4 or 5.
• 40-GbE NICs must be installed in slots 1 or 2; don’t install in 3, 4, 5, or 6. You
can install a maximum of two 40-GbE NICs in IC 9600.
SteelFusion Core
• The preferred order for populating slots is 2, 3 (if available), 6, 5, and 4.
• Install10-GbE NICs before 1-Gbps NICs when following the preferred slot
order. (The preinstalled NIC will always remain in slot1.)
SteelCentral AppResponse
• Network add-on cards must be installed in slots 1 and 2. Fill slot 1 first.
• 40-GbE cards must be installed in slot 1.
• RAID cards must be in slot 4. (On the SteelCentral AppResponse 8170, there
is a secondary RAID card in slot 5.)
SteelCentral NetProfiler
Network add-on cards must be installed in slots 1 and 2. Fill slot 1 first.
SteelCentral NetExpress
Network add-on cards must be installed in slots 1 and 2. Fill slot 1 first.
SteelCentral NetShark
Network add-on cards must be installed in slots 1 and 2. Fill slot 1 first.