User guide

CHAPTER 6

Hardware

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Installing Secure Access Appliance Hardware on page 25

Installing Secure Access Appliance Hardware

The Secure Access 2500, 4500 and 6500 ship with mounting ears and mid-mounts.

The Secure Access 6500 includes rear mounting rails for use in a four-post mounting

rack. We recommend you use the rear mounting rails when installing the Secure Access

6500 in a rack.

If you require an additional mounting kit, contact Juniper Networks.

Next, connect the included cables and power on the Secure Access appliance following

these steps:

1. On the front panel:

a. Connect an Ethernet cable from one of the Ethernet ports on the device to a Gigabit

switch port set to 1000BaseTX.

NOTE: DO NOT use autoselect on either port.

Once you apply power to the Secure Access device, the port uses two LEDs to

indicate the connection status,

b. Plug the serial cable into the console port.

2. On the rear panel, plug the power cord into the AC receptacle. There is no on/off

switch on Secure Access. Once you plug the power cord into the AC receptacle, Secure

Access powers up.

Hardware installation is complete after you rack-mount the appliance and connect the

power, network, and serial cables. The next step is to connect to the appliance’s serial

console using bonding.

By default, on the SA 6500 only, Secure Access uses bonding of the multiple ports to

provide failover protection. Bonding describes a technology for aggregating two physical

ports into one logical group. Bonding two ports on Secure Access increases the failover