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EdgeConnect

Quick Start Guide

FIPS

EC-XS

EC-M-P

EC-XL-P

EC-XL-P-NM

Before You Begin

 

Check your packing slip to verify 

that you have all the necessary 

items. 

 

If installing an EC-M-P, 

fi

 rst read, 

Small Form-Factor Pluggable 

(SFP) Module Installation Guide.

 

If your EdgeConnect model 

requires it, ensure that you 

have the associated rack mount 

instructions.  

 

Make sure you have a standard 

Phillips screwdriver.

 

Supply circuits should be protect-

ed by a minimum 15A, maximum 

20A circuit breaker.

 

On the network equipment, iden-

tify the 10/100/1000 Ethernet 

ports and/or the 1Gbps/10Gbps 

fi

 ber ports.

1

  Apply Tamper-Evident Labels

Tamper-Evident labels and the Installation Guide are supplied 

with the appliance.

2

  Rack Mount the Appliance

Based on your model, refer to the separate instructions for rack 

mount, desk mount, or wall mount.

3

  Install the Appliance into the Network

a.  Identify the relevant ports on the rear of the appliance.
b.  Connect network cables from the appliance to the identi

fi

 ed 

network equipment ports.

c. 

DO NOT connect the power cables yet. 

All copper RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces in the Silver Peak 

appliance support MDI/MDI-X and auto-negotiation.  

The 

fi

 ber interfaces support: 

• LC 

connectors

• multi-mode 

50

 

fi

 ber / 62.5

 

fi

 ber

• single-mode 

9

 

fi

 ber (EC-M-P only)

4

 Connect Power Cords 

Depending on the model, your appliance may have a single 

power supply, or redundant power supplies. 
a.  Connect each power cable to the Silver Peak appliance and 

to your local power source. 

b.  For redundancy, plug in all power cords, preferably to 

di

 erent power sources.

5

  Turn the Power On

Some appliances power up as soon as they’re plugged in, oth-

ers don’t. If the power is o

 , turn it on. If you don’t plug in all 

the power cords, an audible alarm sounds until you do.
a.  Verify that each power supply’s LED illuminates green.
b.  On the front panel, verify that the Power LED illuminates 

green or blue.

6

  

Optionally

, connect the management ports 

It is not necessary, however, if you want to create local, physical 

access to the management ports, you can do so as follows: 

Silver Peak assigns the MGMT1 ethernet interface a default IP 

address of 169.254.0.1 and a subnet mask of /16 (the same as 

255.255.0.0).

Both RJ-45 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces (MGMT0 and MGMT1) 

support MDI/MDI-X and auto-negotiation. 
a.  Identify the appliance’s MGMT0 and MGMT1 interfaces.

b.  Using an RJ-45 cable, connect the appliance’s MGMT0 

interface to the network equipment interface.

c.  Using another RJ-45 cable, connect the appliance’s MGMT1 

interface to your PC.

You’ve now completed the physical installation and are ready to 

register the product with Unity Orchestrator. 

Part 1 - Physical Installation

IMPORTANT - READ THIS FIRST:

 

  

You must install and 

register your Orchestrator with the Silver Peak Cloud 

Portal BEFORE setting up an EdgeConnect appliance. 

After Orchestrator is registered with your account 

name and key, you can proceed with EdgeConnect 

installation.

If you don’t know or are unsure what role the 

Orchestrator plays, please contact your network 

architect or deployment lead.

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