Front panel and LEDs

Item Name Description

1

Power

The LED lights up when the power is supplied to the device and the device powered on.

  • Solid blue: The LED is solid blue when the power source is connected and power is being supplied to the device.
  • Flashing blue: The Connect IT is shutting down, caused by pressing the ACPI power button.
  • Red: The LED is red when the power supply has failed.

2

Status

The LED lights up when the Connect IT starts up or you have activated the Find Me feature.

  • Flashing blue: The Status LED flashes blue once per second when the Connect IT starts up or you have activated the find me feature. When starting up, the WWAN Signal, WWAN Service, and Status LEDs on the back of the Connect IT also flash.
  • Solid blue: The Connect IT initialization is complete.
  • Red: The Connect IT has had start-up failure.

3

ETH2

Indicates the status of the backup connection on the LAN.

ETH2 is configured for LAN/DHCP server.

See Connect to a site network using an Ethernet LAN.

The LED indicates the connection status:

  • Flashing: The unit is attempting to establish a backup connection on the LAN.
  • Solid: A backup network connection has been established on the LAN.

4

ETH1

Indicates connection to Ethernet WAN network.

ETH1 is configured for WAN/DHCP client.

5

SFP1

SFP2

Two SFP+ ports are available.

  • SFP1: Enabled for WAN\DHCP client. SFP1 is the bottom slot.
  • SFP2: Enabled for LAN\DHCP server. SFP2 is the top slot.

Note The SFP+ hardware must be purchased separately.

To use this feature you must do both steps:

  1. Connect the SFP+ module to the Connect IT.

  2. Enable and configure the SFP+ ports.

Note When you use an SFP+ module, you cannot use the equivalent Ethernet port. For example, if you insert an SFP+ module into the SFP1 slot, you cannot use the ETH1 slot. If you insert an SFP+ module into the SFP2 slot, you cannot use the ETH2 slot.

The SFP+ LED indicates the connection status.

  • SFP+ LED:
  • Solid green: 10 Gb/s
  • OFF: 1 Gb/s
  • ACT: The LED is green.

6

Console port

Connect a computer to the Connect IT. This enables you to log into the Connect IT if a network is not available. See Log into the Connect IT from the Console port.

  • Left (yellow): There is activity on the port.
  • Right (green): The port is in use.

7

USB ports

Connect a USB flash drive to the Connect IT for backup or logging.

8

Serial ports

Connect equipment to a serial port to provide console access to the equipment through the cellular network. See Connect equipment to the Connect IT serial ports.

  • Connect IT 16: serial ports 1-16.
  • Connect IT 48: serial ports 1-48.

The LED on the left lights:

  • Yellow: There is activity on the port.
  • Green: The port is in use.

The LED on the right for ACT lights yellow.