Capture Security Appliance Getting Started Guide

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Hardware Overview

This section describes the hardware components of the CSa 1000 appliance.

Front Panel Illustration

CSa 1000 Front Panel

Front Panel Component Descriptions
Item Description
A LCD controls
B Display port - Disabled
C

Console port for serial connection
Settings are: Speed=115200, Data bits=8, Stop bits=1, Parity=None, Flow control=None
D USB ports
E Reset button
F Power button
G

X0/X1 - 1 Gigabit interfaces
X0 is a Dedicated Management interface
X1 can be configured as a WAN interface and used for WAN management
H

X2/X3 - 1 Gigabit interfaces
Can be configured as a WAN interface / WAN management
I

X4/X5 - 1 Gigabit interfaces
Can be configured as a WAN interface / WAN management
J X6/X7 - 10G interface
Can be configured as a WAN interface / WAN management
SFP+ ports - Disabled
K Diagnostics port - For future use
L

LED indicators – Top to bottom:

  • Hard disk drive activity

  • Alarm condition:

    • Solid Color 1 (Amber)- FIPS errors

    • Blinking Color 2 (Red)- Approaching non operational state or in non operational state

      • Slow Blink:

        DISK > 75%

        Licenses will expire in 60 days

      • Medium Blink:

        Disk > 85%

        Licenses will expire in 30 days

      • Fast Blink:

        Disk >95%

        Licenses will expire in 15 days

      • Solid Color - Non operational or degraded operation - Requires immediate attention

        Disk full, overwriting old files

        Licenses expired (Most Important)

  • Test:

    Off - All fine

    Blinking - Non-operational state

    On - In a mode where the user can interact

  • Power 1 & 2:

    Blue = Operating correctly

    Yellow = Unconnected power supply or failure

Back Panel Illustration

CSa 1000 back panel

 

Back Panel Component Descriptions
Item Descriptions
A Hard drives (2 x 960GB storage modules, RAID)
B Primary power supply
C Fans (3)
D Redundant power supply

In addition to the two RAID disks that contain the appliance data, the CSa1000 also has internal storage used for the operating system and maintenance which is not accessible or serviceable by users.