
Activity LED (gr
een)
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 Eth
ernet port
The manag em ent Ethernet por t 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 managem ent 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 m anagement Ethernet port has two LEDs: the Link Status L ED (green) and the Activity LED (green).
The Link Stat
us LED illuminates continuously when an Ethernet connection is established. The Activity LED
illuminates when data is transmitted or received over the Ethernet conne ction.
Figure 18 Mana g ement Ethernet port
1. S t a t u s L E D
2. Activity LED
Serial port
The mpx100/100b is equipped with an RS-232 serial por t 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 b oth 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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