Location Of Ports And Connectors; Ethernet Port Connectors; Serial Port Connector - Cisco WAE-674-K9 - Wide Area Application Engine 674 Hardware Installation Manual

Chapter 1 Introducing the Cisco Wide Area Application Engine

Location of Ports and Connectors

Warning

Ethernet Port Connectors

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The WAE appliance supports two Ethernet connectors and one serial I/O
connector on the front and back of the device.
Ethernet Port Connectors
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Serial Port Connector

Figure 1-2 shows the back panel ports and connectors.
To avoid electric shock, do not connect safety extra-low voltage (SELV) circuits
to telephone-network voltage (TNV) circuits. LAN ports contain SELV circuits,
and WAN ports contain TNV circuits. Some LAN and WAN ports both use RJ-45
connectors. Use caution when connecting cables. Statement 1021
Connect a Category 3, 4, or 5 unshielded twisted-pair cable to an Ethernet
connector. 100BASE-TX and 1000BASE-T Fast Ethernet standards require
Category 5 or higher cabling.
The WAE has three Ethernet connectors. Two of the Ethernet connectors are
attached to the Ethernet controllers and the third connector is the
systems-management Ethernet connector, which is not supported by the WAAS
software.
The Ethernet controllers are integrated on the system board. They provide an
interface for connecting to a 10-Mbps, 100-Mbps, or 1-Gbps network and provide
full-duplex (FDX) capability, which enables simultaneous transmission and
reception of data on the network. If the Ethernet ports in the server support auto
negotiation, the controllers detect the data-transfer rate (10BASE-T,
100BASE-TX, or 1000BASE-T) and duplex mode (full duplex or half duplex) of
the network and automatically operate at that rate and mode. You do not have to
set any jumpers or configure the controllers.
If a problem occurs with the primary Ethernet connection, all Ethernet traffic
associated with this primary connection is automatically switched to the
redundant Ethernet connection. If the applicable device drivers are installed,
switching occurs without data loss and without user intervention.
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