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Disable alarm button, which silences the alarm that the appliance sounds when it is
receiving power from only one of its power supplies. Press this button to prevent the
power alarm from sounding when you have plugged the appliance into only one
power outlet or when one power supply is malfunctioning and you wish to continue
operating the appliance until it is repaired.
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Dual power supplies, each rated at 500 watts, 110-220 volts. You plug separate
power cords into the power supplies and connect them to separate wall sockets.
The appliance functions properly with a single power supply; the extra power supply
serves as a backup.
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10/100BASE-T copper Ethernet port, numbered 0/1.
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Removable CompactFlash card that is used to store the NetScaler software.
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Removable hard-disk drive that stores user data.
Citrix NetScaler MPX 5500
The Citrix NetScaler MPX 5500 is a 1U appliance, with 1 dual-core processor, and 4
gigabytes (GB) of memory.
The following figure shows the front panel of the MPX 5500.
Figure 1-28. Citrix NetScaler MPX 5500, front panel
The MPX 5500 has the following ports:
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RS232 serial console port.
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Two 10/100/1000Base-T copper Ethernet management ports, numbered 0/1 and 0/2
from left to right. You can use these ports to connect directly to the appliance for
system administration functions.
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Four 10/100/1000Base-T copper Ethernet ports numbered 1/1, 1/2, 1/3, and 1/4
from left to right.
Note: The network port numbers on all appliances consist of two numbers separated
by a forward slash. The first number is the port adapter slot number. The second
number is the interface port number. Ports on appliances are numbered sequentially
starting with 1.
The following figure shows the back panel of the MPX 5500.
Citrix NetScaler Hardware Installation and Setup Guide
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