Installation Introduction : OnBoard Appliance Connectors

OnBoard Appliance Connectors
The OnBoard appliance is a 1U SP manager that serves as a single access point for administering the following types of devices:
Figure 1.1 illustrates the front of an OnBoard appliance 1040 DAC (dual-AC power supply) model with two PCMCIA card slots and with two AC universal power inlets. Other models are available with one AC power supply or two DC power supplies, as described in OnBoard Appliance Models.
OnBoard Appliance Front With PCMCIA Card Slots and Two AC Power Inlets
DC models with two power supplies come with terminal blocks, as shown in the following figure.
OnBoard Front With PCMCIA Card Slots and Two DC Terminal Blocks
Figure 1.3 illustrates the back of an OnBoard appliance model that has 40 private 10/100 Ethernet ports.
Figure 1.3 also illustrates the other ports that are standard on all OnBoard models: one public 10/100/GE (Gigabit Ethernet) primary Ethernet port, one public 10/100 secondary Ethernet port, one auxiliary (AUX) port and one console port.
OnBoard Appliance Back With Ethernet, AUX, and Console Ports
After devices are connected to the OnBoard appliance, the administrator must configure the devices as described in Chapter 4.