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Cisco Expressway CE1100 Appliance Installation Guide
Installation
Installation
Install the Unit in a Rack
For information on installing the unit in the rack, see
computing/ucs/c/hw/C220M4/install/C220M4/install.html.
How to Insert the SFPs
Caution:
To avoid compatibility issues, Cisco recommends that you only use the SFPs supplied. They must be inserted
in LAN 1 and LAN 2, which are the designated SFP ports.
The CE1100 unit is shipped with two 10 Gb fiber small form-factor pluggable (SFP) transceivers and two 1 Gb copper
SFPs. When inserting the SFPs into the unit, you cannot mix the type of SFP. Either insert two 10 Gb fiber SFPs or two
1 Gb copper SFPs.
Note:
If you choose to use the copper SFPs, the unit cannot support more than 150 traversal calls. This is the case
even if the option key for extra traversal calls has been installed.
The SFPs do not auto negotiate the speed, therefore ensure that the SFPs are connected to a switch at the correct
speed:
1 Gb full duplex for copper SFPs.
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10 Gb full duplex for fiber SFPs.
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Note:
If you are installing the CE1100 in an environment that only supports 100 Mb, such as an older DMZ
implementation, a switch is required to handle the speed negotiation from 1 Gb to 100 Mb.
Connect and Power on the Unit
First connect the power cords to the unit, and then connect them to a grounded AC power outlet.
See
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_computing/ucs/c/hw/C220M4/install/C220M4/spec.html
power specifications.
Note:
The Cisco Integrated Management Controller (CIMC) has a power monitoring utility that you can use to track
power consumption.
The power button is on the top-left corner of the front panel.
When you plug in the CE1100 appliance for the first time, leave it in standby mode for 5 minutes before pressing the
power button. This time allows the onboard CIMC to boot; ready the self-test; perform a hardware check; and prepare
the power characterization test. Failure to wait adequate time will postpone the power characterization test until the
next boot.
When you power on the unit, the system performs a self-test and the unit automatically restarts. This restart is
expected behavior.
The first boot takes approximately 5 minutes due to the initial power characterization test. Any subsequent boot of the
system takes approximately 2 minutes.
The power characterization test displays the message Performing Platform Characterization ... when running.
If the power characterization test runs on subsequent bootups, causing a lag in the boot time, it is important that you
disable it. It is especially important to disable the test in a clustered environment to avoid issues. See Specific Issues
in the
Troubleshooting, page 15
To verify the power status look at the Power Status LED (see
page
15):
http://www.cisco.com/c/en/us/td/docs/unified_
section for more information.
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Figure 3 Front View of the Cisco Expressway Unit,
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