Activity led (green), Link status led (green), Management ethernet port – HP EVA Array iSCSI Connectivity Option User Manual

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Activity LED (green)

The Activity LED illuminates when data is being transmitted or received over the Ethernet connection.

Link Status LED (green)

The Link Status LED illuminates continuously when an Ethernet connection has been established.

Management Ethernet port

The management Ethernet port shown in

Figure 18

is an RJ-45 connector. It provides a connection to a

management server through a 10/100 Base-T Ethernet cable. The port is labeled MGMT.
The management server is a Windows server that is used to configure and manage the mpx100/100b.

You can manage the mpx100/100b over an Ethernet connection using the mpx Manager or the CLI.
The management Ethernet port has two LEDs: the Link Status LED (green) and the Activity LED (green).

The Link Status LED illuminates continuously when an Ethernet connection is established. The Activity LED

illuminates when data is transmitted or received over the Ethernet connection.

Figure 18 Management Ethernet port

1. Status LED
2. Activity LED

Serial port

The mpx100/100b is equipped with an RS-232 serial port for maintenance purposes. The serial port

location is shown in

Figure 19

, and is labeled IOIOI. You can manage the mpx100/100b through

the serial port using the CLI.

Figure 19 Serial port

The serial port is connected using a standard 8-wire Ethernet cable and the supplied dongle to convert

the Ethernet RJ–45 connector to a female DB9 connector. Refer to

Table 14

for definitions of the serial

port pins for both the mpx100's/100b's RJ–45 connector and the dongle DB9 connector.

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Configuring the mpx100/100b

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