M-600 Appliance Back Panel
Learn about the M-600 appliance back-panel components.
The following image shows the back panel of the M-600
appliance and the table describes each back-panel component.
Item | Component | Description |
|---|---|---|
1 | System drive | 240GB solid-state drive (SSD)
used to store the operating system files and system logs. |
2 | Power supplies | Use the AC power supply inputs to connect
power to the appliance. The second power supply is for redundancy. |
3 | Ethernet ports | Four RJ-45 10Mbps/100Mbps/1000Mbps Ethernet
ports. While facing the back of the appliance, the ports are labeled
as follows: The port labels are located on top of the appliance.
For information on
configuring these ports, refer to the Panorama™ Administrator’s
Guide on the Technical Documentation Portal for the
release version running on your appliance. If the appliance is in
PAN-DB mode, refer to the appropriate release-specific PAN-OS® Administrators
Guide. |
4 | USB ports | Not used. |
5 | IPMI port | Not used. |
6 | Console port | Use this port to connect a
management computer to the appliance using a 9-pin serial cable
and terminal emulation software. The console connection provides
access to appliance boot messages, the Maintenance Recovery Tool
(MRT), and the command line interface (CLI). If your
management computer does not have a serial port, use a USB-to-serial
converter. Use the following settings to configure
your terminal emulation software to connect to the console port:
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7 | Unique Identification (UID)
button and LED | Use the UID feature to help
you locate the appliance when you move from the back to the front
of the equipment rack where the appliance is installed. When you
push the UID button to enable the UID feature, both the front-panel System
information LED and the back-panel UID LED illuminate bright blue
to help you locate the appliance when you move between opposite
sides of the equipment rack. The back-panel UID LED is located to
the right of the UID button. Push the UID button again to deactivate
these LEDs. The UID button is very small and is located to
the left of the UID LED. Use a small object, such as a paper clip,
to press the button. 
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8 | SFP+ ports | Two SFP+ (10Gbps) ports. While facing the
back of the appliance, the left port is labeled Ethernet1/5 and
the right port is labeled Ethernet1/4. The port labels
are located on top of the appliance. For information
on configuring these ports, refer to the Panorama™ Administrator’s
Guide on the Technical Documentation Portal for the
release running on your appliance. If the appliance is in PAN-DB
mode, refer to the appropriate release-specific PAN-OS® Administrators
Guide. |
