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UFM-SDN® Appliance Hardware Overview

The figure below shows the front and rear sides of the appliance.

The system supports the following:

  • 4 RJ-45 connectors
  • 5 USB connectors
  • Status LEDs
  • 2 hot-swap power modules
  • 2 hot-swap HDD


System Status LEDs

UFM-SDN Appliance Front and Rear Side Panels

The System Status Indicators are located on the front side panel.

System Status Indicators

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LabelDescription
ASystem ID Button w/Integrated LED
BNIC-1 Activity LED
CNIC-2 Activity LED
DSystem Cold Reset Button
ESystem Status LED
FPower Button w/Integrated LED
GHard Drive Activity LED

Appliance Status LED

This is a green and amber  bicolor LED. Two matching activity LEDs are located on each side of the appliance.

Status LED Configurations
LED ColorStatus
OffNo power to the appliance.
Solid GreenOK – the appliance is up and running normally.
Flashing Green (at a rate of 1Hz)Noncritical error – the appliance is running yet in a reduced state. Attention required.
Flashing Amber (at a rate of 1Hz)Warning – impending critical state. Need to attend to this problem before it becomes fatal.
AmberFatal Error occurred – non-recoverable condition system stopped!

Power LEDs

UFM-SDN Appliance Front and Rear Side Panels

System Power and On/Off Button and Indicators

The primary power supply unit (PS1) is located on the left side of the rear side panel, with PS2 on the right of the PS1.

Power Supply Unit Status LEDs

Each power supply (PS) unit has a one built-in fan and a single two-color LED on the right side of the PS unit that indicates the internal status of the unit.

The figure "System Power and On/Off Button and Indicators" shows the On/Off switch which contains an integral LED to show the power status of the appliance.

PS Unit Status LED Configurations
LED ColorStatus
Solid GreenOK – the Power supply is delivering the correct voltage.
OffOff – no power to any of the PS units.
Flashing Green (at a rate of 1Hz)PSU off or in cold-redundant state.
Flashing Green (at a rate of 2Hz)Firmware is being updated on the PSU.
Flashing Amber (at a rate of 1Hz)Power supply warning events where the power supply continues to operate yet with high temp, high power, high current, and slow fan.
Your immediate attention is required to avoid fatal errors.
AmberPS failure (including voltage out of range and power cord disconnected).
Your immediate attention is required to avoid fatal errors.

Appliance Identifier ID LED and Button

This appliance has a combination of button and ID LED identification . The LED can be lit by pushing the button or by using the remote management.

Identification LED and Identifier Button

3.5 Inch Hard Drive LEDs

Hard Drive LEDs

Amber
Status LED
OffNo access, no activity
Solid AmberA hard drive failure has occurred
Flashing AmberRedundant Array of Independent Disks (RAID) is being rebuilt. This happens after replacing a faulty drive
Green
Activity LED







ConditionDrive TypeBehavior
Power on with no drive activitySASLED stays on
SATALED stays off
Power on with drive activitySASLED blinks off when processing a command
SATALED blinks on when processing a command
Power on and drive spun downSASLED stays off
SATALED stays off
Power on and drive spinning upSASLED blinks
SATALED stays off

Hard Drive Activity LED

This LED indicates activity of the on-board hard disk controllers . When lit, it indicates activity of the on-board hard disk controllers.

Reset Button

Cold Reset Button

The appliance has a system cold reset button. Pressing this button performs a forced reset of the appliance hardware. For a graceful shutdown of the system (stopping all services, closing all files, flushing all caches etc.) use the relevant CLI command.

NIC Activity LED Indicators

The numbered LEDs display the NICs' activity.

NIC Activity LEDs

NIC Activity Indications
LED ConfigurationLED Description
OffPhysical link down / default
Solid GreenPhysical link up with no traffic
Flashing GreenPhysical link up with traffic
Flashing OrangePhysical errors

Air Flow

The appliance comes with a single air flow pattern; a front (hard-drive) side to back (power-supply) side.