Network Card Status Lights for SteelHead and SteelCentral xx80 Appliances

This appendix summarizes the network add-on cards status lights for the SteelHead and SteelCentral xx80 appliances. It includes these sections:

This appendix assumes you have installed and configured the appliance. For details, see the installation and configuration guide for your product.

The physical ports on the NICs are mapped in proximity to the PCI bus edge connector. The port closest to the edge connector is L0, followed by W0, L1, and W1.

Two types of Four-Port 1-GbE Copper Bypass cards are available. Both can be installed in the 2U SteelHead CX5080 and CX7080 appliances. Type 2 cards are supported on software versions RiOS 9.9 or later

The physical ports on the NICs are mapped in proximity to the PCI bus edge connector. The port closest to the edge connector is L0, followed by W0, L1, and W1.

Figure A‑1. Four-Port Copper Bypass Type 1card (NIC-1-001G-4TX-BP)

Figure A‑2. Four-Port Copper Bypass Type 2 card (NIC-1-001G-4TX-BP)

Port	Description
L0, W0, L1, W1	Provides access to 10/100/1000 Base-T

LED	Type 1 definitions	Type 2 definitions
LINK/ACT	Link = Green Activity = Blinks green	Link = Green Activity = Blinks green
BYP/DISC. SPD	1000 Mbps = Yellow 100 Mbps = Green 10 Mbps = Off Bypass = Blinks green Disconnect = Blinks yellow	—
SPD	—	1000 Mbps = Orange 100 Mbps = Green 10 Mbps = Off
BYP1, BYP0	—	Disconnect = Yellow Bypass = Green Normal = Off

Specification	Descriptions
Connectors	Four shielded RJ-45
Cables and operating distance	10-Base-T Category 3, 4, or 5 maximum 50 m* 100-Base-TX Category 5 maximum 5m* 1000-Base-T Category 5E maximum 5E m* *Theoretical distance is defined as half a distance as stated by the IEEE 802.3 standard.

Two types of Four-Port 1-GbE cards are available. Both can be installed in the 2U SteelHead CX5080 and CX7080 appliances. Type 2 cards are supported on software versions RiOS 9.9 or later.l

The physical ports on the NICs are mapped in proximity to the PCI bus edge connector. The port closest to the edge connector is L0, then W0, L1, followed by W1.

Figure A‑3.

Four-Port 1-GbE Fiber SX Type 1 card (NIC-1-001G-4SX-BP)

Figure A‑4. Four-Port 1-GbE Fiber SX Type 2 card (NIC-1-001G-4SX-BP)

Port	Description
L0, W0, L1, W1	TX and RX provides access to 1000 Base-SX

LED	Type 1 definitions	Type 2 definitions
LNK	—	Link = Green
LNK/ACT	Link = Green Activity = Blinks green	—
BYP/DSC	Normal = Off Disconnect = Yellow Bypass = Green	Normal = Off Disconnect = Yellow Bypass = Green
ACT	—	On = Blinks orange

Specification	Definition
Connectors	Four small form factor (SFF) LC fiber connectors
Cables and operating distance	Multimode fiber = 137 m maximum at 62.5 m cable (half of theoretical distance of IEEE 802.3 standard)

Figure A‑5. 4-Port 1-GbE Fiber LX (NIC-1-001G-4LX-BP)

Port	Description
L0, W0, L1, W1	TX and RX provides access to 1000 Base-LX

LED	Definition
LINK/ACT	Link = Green Activity = Blinks green
BYP/DSC	Normal = Off Disconnect = Yellow Bypass = Green

Specifications	Description
Connectors	Four small form factor (SFF) LC fiber connectors
Cables and operating distance	Single-mode fiber: 9 micrometers 2500 m maximum at 9 micrometers* * Theoretical distance is defined as half a distance as stated by the IEEE 802.3 standard.

The four-port 10-GbE fiber SR NICs have a power connector cable attached that is not used in the Riverbed SteelHead platforms. The SteelHead systems are designed to fully power these NICs through the interface bus.

Figure 6‑10. Four-Port 10-GbE Fiber SR Card (NIC-1-010G-4SR-BP)

Port	Description
P0, P1, P2, P3	P0, P1, P2, P3 provide access to 10 G-Base-SR

LED	Definition
LINK/Activity	Link = Yellow on 1 GB Link = Green on 10 GB Activity = Blinks green
BYP/DSC	Normal = Off Disconnect = Yellow Bypass = Green

Specification	Definition
Connectors	Four small form factor (SFF) LC fiber connectors
Cables and operating distance	Multimode fiber: 62.5um, 160MHz/Km 13m 62.5um, (OM1)200MHz/Km 16.5m 50um, 400MHz/Km 33m 50um, (OM2)500 MHz/Km 41m 50um, (OM3)2000MHz/Km 150m All distances are defined as half a distance as specified in the optical transceiver.

The four-port 10-GbE fiber LR NICs have a power connector cable attached that is not used in the Riverbed SteelHead platforms. The SteelHead systems are designed to fully power these NICs through the interface bus.

Figure 6‑11. Four-Port 10-GbE Fiber LR Card (NIC-1-010G-4LR-BP)

Port	Description
P0, P1	P0, P1, P2, and P3 provide access to 10 G-Base-LR4

LED	Definition
LINK/Activity	Link = Yellow on 1 GB Link = Green on 10 GB Activity = Blinks green
BYP/DSC	Normal = Off Disconnect = Yellow Bypass = Green

Specification	Definition
Connectors	Four small form factor (SFF) LC fiber connectors
Cables and operating distance	Singlemode fiber 9u, maximum 5 km All distances are defined as half a distance as specified in the optical transceiver.

Figure 6‑12. Two-Port 40-GbE Fiber SR4 Card (NIC-1-040G-2SR4-BP)

Port	Description
P0, P1	P0 and P1 provide access to 40GBase-SR

LED	Definition
LINK/Activity	Link = Green Activity = Blinks green
BYP/DSC	Normal = Off Disconnect = Yellow Bypass = Green

Specification	Definition
Connectors	Four small form factor MTP-MTP fiber connectors
Cables and operating distance	Multimode Fiber 0.5 to 50 m using 50 micrometers, (OM3) 1500 MHz Km 0.5 to 75 m using 50 micrometers, (OM4) 3500 MHz Km All distances are defined as half a distance as specified in the optical transceiver.

Figure 6‑13. Two-Port 40 GbE Fiber LR4 Card (NIC-1-040G-2LR4-BP)

Port	Description
P0, P1	P0 and P1 provide access to 40GBase-LR4

LED	Definition
LINK/Activity	Link = Green Activity = Blinks green
BYP/DSC	Normal = Off Disconnect = Yellow Bypass = Green

Specification	Definition
Connectors	Four small form factor (SFF) LC fiber connectors
Cables and operating distance	5km using SMF-28 cables Distance is defined as half of the distance as specified in the optical transceiver.

Figure A‑6. Four-Port 1-GbE Fiber/Copper SFP Card (NIC-1-001G-4SFP)

Port	Description
P0, P1, P2, P3	Provides access to 1000 Base-TX, LX, or SX

LED	Description
LNK	Yellow
LNK/ACT	Link = Green Activity = Blinks green

Specification	Description
Connectors	Four small form factor pluggable (SFP) cage
Cables and operating distances
SFP 1GBase-Copper module	1000 Base-T Category 5E maximum 100 m
SFP 1GBase-SX module	Multimode Fiber: 220 m using 62.5 micrometers 550 m using 50 micrometers
SFP 1GBase-LX module	Single-mode Fiber: 5000 m using 9 micrometers Multimode Fiber: 550 m using 50 micrometers 550 m using 62.5 micrometers

Supported SFPs	Manufacturing part #	Orderable part #
SFP 1 GbE Copper module	410-00138-01	TRC-1-SFP-TX-C
SFP 1 GbE SX	410-00139-01	TRC-1-SFP-SX
SFP 1 GbE LX	410-00140-01	TRC-1-SFP-LX

Figure A‑7. Two-Port 10-GbE Fiber SFP+ (NIC-1-010G-2SFPP)

Port	Description
P0, P1, P2, P3	Provides access to 10 G-Base-SR, LR, or DAC

LED	Description
LINK P0, LNK P1	Green
LINK/ACT	Link= Green Activity = Blinks green

Specification	Description
Connectors	Two small form factor pluggable (SFP+) cage
Cables and operating distance for the supported SFPs
SFP+ 10 GbE Direct Attached Cable	10-G Passive Direct Attach Cable, up to 10 meters
SFP+ 10GBase-SR module 62.5 um	160 MHz/km 26 m 62.5 micrometers, (OM1) 200 MHz/km 33 m 50 micrometers, 400 MHz/km 66 m 50 micrometers, (OM2) 500 MHz/km 82 m 50 micrometers, (OM3) 2000 MHz/km 300 m
SFP+ 10GBase-LR module	Single-Mode = 10000 m at 9 um

SFPs	Manufacturing part #	Orderable part #
SFP+ 10 GbE DAC	410-00140-01	TRC-1-SFPP-DAC-C
SFP+ 10 GbE SR	410-00143-01	TRC-1-SFPP-SR
SFP+ 10 GbE LR	410-00144-01	TRC-1-SFPP-LR

Figure A‑8. Four-Port 10-GbE Fiber SFP+ Card (NIC-1-010G-4SFPP)

LED	Description
Speed	Blue = 10 G Yellow = 1 G (1 G not supported on SteelHead models.)
Link/Activity	Link = Green Activity = Blinks green

Specification	Description
Connectors	Two small form factor pluggable (SFP+) cage
Cables and operating distance for the supported SFPs
SFP+ 10 GbE Direct Attached Cable	10-G Passive Direct Attach Cable, up to 10 meters
SFP+ 10GBase-SR module 62.5 um	160 MHz/km 26 m 62.5 micrometers, (OM1) 200 MHz/km 33 m 50 micrometers, 400 MHz/km 66 m 50 micrometers, (OM2) 500 MHz/km 82 m 50 micrometers, (OM3) 2000 MHz/km 300 m
SFP+ 10GBase-LR module	Single-mode = 10000 m at 9 micrometers

SFPs	Manufacturing part #	Orderable part #
SFP+ 10 GbE DAC	410-00140-01	TRC-1-SFPP-DAC-C
SFP+ 10-GbE SR	410-00143-01	TRC-1-SFPP-SR
SFP+ 10-GbE LR	410-00144-01	TRC-1-SFPP-LR

Figure A‑9. Two-Port 40-GbE QSFP+ Time Stamp Card (NIC-1-040G-2QSFP-TS)

Network Interface	Description
IEEE standard	IEEE 802.3 40 Gbit/s Ethernet
Ports A, B	40-GbE QSFP+ Interfaces
Data Rate	2 x 40 Gbit/s
Supported QSFP+ modules	40G-BASE-SR4 (850 nm) 40G-BASE-LR4 (1310 nm)

Host Interface	Description
Physical bus connector	8-lane PCIe
PCIe bus type	1-8 lane PCIe Gen1/Gen2/Gen3

LED/Buttons	Description
Link/Activity	Link = Green Activity = Orange Panic = Red
PPS/Fail Safe	Not used

Network add-on card	Size	Manufacturing part #	Orderable part #
Two-Port 40GbE Time Stamp Card	HHHL	410-00214-01	NIC-1-040G-2QSFP-TS

Figure 6‑14. Two-Port fiber channel 4/8/16 GbE host bus adapter (SAN) Card (NIC-1-HBA-2FC)

Port	Description
Port A, B	Provide access to 40GBase-LR4
Dimensions	6.60” x 2.71” (167.64 mm x 68.91 mm)
Optical Data Rates	14.025 GbE (1600 Mbps) 8.5 GbE (800 Mbps) 4.25 GbE (400 Mbps, auto-detected)
Data Transfer Rates	Supports 16 GFC, 8 GFC, and 4 GFC link speeds, automatically negotiated

LED	Definition
LINK/Activity	Link = Green Activity = Blinks green Disconnect = Yellow

Specification	Definition
Connectors	LC type connectors
Cables and operating distance	100 m at 16-GbE on 50/125 micrometers OM3 MMF 125 m at 16-GbE on 50/125 micrometers OM4 MMF 15 m at 16-GbE on 62.5/125 micrometers OM1 MMF 35 m at 16-GbE on 50/125 micrometers OM2 MMF, Operating at 16Gb Distance is defined as half of the distance as specified in the optical transceiver.

Figure A‑10. Two-Port 100-GbE QSFP+ Time Stamp Card (NIC-1-100G-2QSFP-TS)

Network Interface	Description
IEEE standard	IEEE 802.3 10-GE, 40-GE, 25-GE, 100-G
Ports A, B	QSFP28 ports
Data Rate	10-GbE and 25-GbE supported through break-out cable assemblies
Supported QSFP+ modules	25-GbE, 100-GbE

Host Interface	Description
Physical bus connector	16-lane PCIe
PCIe bus type	16 lane PCIe Gen3

LED	Description
Link/Activity	Link = Green Activity = Orange Error = Red

Specification	Description
Physical dimensions:	3/4 length, standard height

Figure 6‑15. Four-Port 10-GbE DAC Card (NIC-1-010G-DAC-BP)

Port	Description
P0, P1, P2, P3	P0, P1, P2, and P3 provide access to 10GBase-R

LED	Definition
LINK/Activity	Link = Blue Activity = Blinks green
BYP/DSC	Normal = Off Disconnect = Yellow Bypass = Blinks green

Specification	Definition
Cables and operating distance	62.5um, 160MHz/Km 13m 62.5um, (OM1)200MHz/Km 16.5m All distances are defined as half a distance as specified in the optical transceiver.