PRI (Primary)

The primary port connects the Edge appliance to a LAN switch. This interface enables you to connect to the Edge Management Console and the Edge CLI.

This interface can also be used to connect the Core through the RiOS node, in-path interface.

The primary and auxiliary ports cannot share the same network subnet.

AUX (Auxiliary)

The auxiliary port provides an additional management interface to a secondary network such as a management VLAN. You can connect a computer directly to the appliance with a crossover cable.

LAN 1_0

LAN 0_0

This port connects the LAN port of the Edge appliance to the LAN switch using a straight-through cable.

The Edge appliance uses one or more in-path interfaces to provide Ethernet network connectivity for optimized traffic. Each in-path interface comprises two physical ports: the LAN port and the WAN port. Use the LAN port to connect the Edge appliance to the internal network of the branch office.

If the Edge appliance is deployed between two switches, both the LAN and WAN ports must be connected with straight-through cables.

WAN 1_0

WAN 0_0

This port connects the WAN port of the Edge appliance to the WAN router using a crossover cable.

The WAN port is the second of two ports that compose the in-path interface. The WAN port is used to connect the Edge appliance toward WAN-facing devices such as a router, firewall, or other equipment located at the WAN boundary.

If you require additional in-path interfaces or require 10GigE or Fiber connectivity, you can install a bypass NIC in the RiOS node expansion slot.

eth0_0, eth0_1

These ports provide additional iSCSI interfaces for storage traffic to external servers when used by the RiOS node.

The ports are connected to a LAN switch using a straight-through cable.

These ports can also provide multipath I/O (MPIO) redundancy or Edge high availability (HA). In an HA deployment, use these ports for BlockStream heartbeat and synchronization between Edge HA peers.