BigIron RX Installation Guide 953-1001811-01Hardware features 1Figure 5 shows the management module’s front panel.FIGURE 5 Management module front panelThe front panel includes the following control features:• Two PCMCIA slots• A Console port• A 10/100/1000 Ethernet port• Six LEDsPCMCIA slotsThe PCMCIA slots support a flash PC card. The flash PC card provides storage space in addition tothe system’s flash memory. A flash PC card can store system files, including boot images, startupconfiguration files, running configuration files, and so on. As a result, you can perform systemmanagement tasks, such as copying files between flash PC cards, copying files between a flash PCcard and flash memory, and so on.Console portThe Console port is a standard DB-9 serial connector through which you can attach a PC orterminal to configure the BigIron RX Series system using the command line interface (CLI).This port interfaces the control plane only and not the data plane.10/100/1000 Ethernet portThe front panel includes a 10BaseT/100BaseTX/1000BaseTX auto-sensing, auto-negotiatingEthernet port. This port has an RJ-45 unshielded twisted pair (UTP) connector.Typical uses of this port include but are not limited to the following:• Connecting a PC through which you can access the system through a Telnet or SSHv2connection and configure, monitor, and manage the BigIron RX Series system.• Connecting to the 10BaseT/100BaseTX/1000BaseTX port of a switch or router, forconnectivity to your existing management network. You can then access the BigIron RX Seriessystem and configure, monitor, and manage the system from a management station.NOTEThe existing management network into which you can connect the 10/100/1000 Ethernet portmust be separate and isolated from the network over which user packets are switched and routed.This port interfaces the control plane only and not the data plane.PwrActive10/100/1000Port 1Port 2ConsoleRX-BI-MR
