Rear Panel Layout

Rear Panel Layout

This section details the rear panel layout, LEDs and ports.

Figure 1. Rear view of the Cisco Expressway
Table 1. Rear panel LEDs and components

1

Modular LAN on Motherboard (mLOM) card slot (not populated)

2

USB 3.0 ports (two slots)

3

Ethernet Ports (LAN3 and LAN4)

As depicted in figure,

Label

Port

Port Status

3a

LAN3

Active - Use this port

3b

LAN4

Inactive

3a

LAN3 → Expressway Dedicated Management Interface (DMI) port on LAN3. It is located on the back of the server.

Note 

Currently, with Expressway release X12.7 and later, support is available for a Dedicated Management Interface (DMI) which uses LAN3 as an out-of-band management interface.

4

VGA video connector

5

Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) Port (1 Gb Ethernet)

6

Serial port (RJ-45 connector)

7

Rear identification button/LED

8

Power supplies PSU 01 and PSU 02.

The second power supply can be added for 1+1 redundancy.

9

Slot 2: Low-profile PCIe slot on riser (not populated)

10

Slot 1: Standard-profile PCIe slot on riser; houses two SFP ports

Left port is LAN1 (NIC1) in the Expressway user interface.

Right port is LAN2 (NIC2) if used in the interface.

For more information on the method to configure a Dedicated Management Interface (DMI), see Cisco Expressway Administrator Guide.