Prepare an AlgoSec Hardware Appliance

This section describes how to prepare an AlgoSec hardware appliance before continuing with your deployment.

Do the following:

  1. Review the contents of the shipping carton, technical specifications, and appliance elements. For details, see:

  2. Mount the appliance on the rack, with the AlgoSec logo facing front.

  3. Connect one end of the power cable supplied to the power jack on the appliance's rear panel. Plug the other end into an electrical outlet.

  4. Do one of the following:

    Configure the appliance directly

    (Recommended)

    Do the following:

    1. Use a VGA cable to connect a monitor to the video port on the appliance's rear panel.
    2. Connect a keyboard to one of the USB ports on the appliance's front or rear panel.
    Configure the appliance via iLO

    Do the following:

    1. Connect one end of the network cable supplied to the iLO port on the appliance's front panel.
    2. Connect the other end of the cable to a network port.
  5. Remove the bezel from the front panel, and press the Power On button.

Shipping carton contents

Each AlgoSec hardware appliance comes in a shipping container with the following items:

A Hardware appliance

One of the following AlgoSec hardware appliances:

  • Generation 10 (model 2203, 2403)
License

A Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) iLO license

Note: iLO provides additional features for controlling and maintaining the appliance. For more details, see the HPE iLO documentation.

Device name mapping

For all appliances, the names of physical devices start with 1. Corresponding OS names start with 0.

For example, a physical device might be named NIC1. The OS would be ETH0.

Generation 10 technical specifications and elements

This section includes:

Generation 10 technical specifications

Specification based on HPE ProLiant server DL360 Gen10 .

 

2203

2403

CPU

20 cores: Intel Xeon Silver 4114

40 cores: Intel Xeon Gold 6138

Memory

64GB

128GB

LAN Port 4 x 10/100/1000 Ethernet 4 x 10/100/1000 Ethernet
Video connection 1 x VGA 1 x VGA
USB Front: 1 USB 3.0 + iLO service port Rear: 2 USB 3.0 Internal: 2 USB 3.0 Front: 1 USB 3.0 + iLO service port Rear: 2 USB 3.0 Internal: 2 USB 3.0

Power Supply

500W PSU redundant

800W PSU redundant

Storage

5 x 1200GB

8 x 1200GB

H/W Raid RAID 5 RAID 5
ILO (Integrated Lights-Out) HP iLO 5 Standard HP iLO 5 Standard
Redundancy RAID, Dual CPU, Power Supply RAID, Dual CPU, Power Supply

Hardware Manufacturer

HPE

HPE

Chassis

HP Rack Mount Consoles

HP Rack Mount Consoles

Form Factor 1U 8-SFF Rack form factor 1U 8-SFF Rack form factor

Dimensions (HxDxW)

4.29 x 43.46 x 70.7 cm

1.69 x 17.11 x 27.83 in

4.29 x 43.46 x 70.7 cm

1.69 x 17.11 x 27.83 in

Weight (maximum)

8 SFF 16.27 kg (35.86 lb)

8 SFF 16.27 kg (35.86 lb)

Operating Temperature 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F) 10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F)
Operating Humidity 8% to 90% 8% to 90%

Generation 10 front panel elements

Element

Description

Power On/Standby button with a LED whose state indicates the appliance's power status:

  • Flashing. The appliance is initializing.
  • On. The appliance is on.
  • Off. The appliance is off.

A LED whose state indicates the appliance's hard disk status:

  • Flashing. The hard disk is in use.
  • Off. The hard disk is not in use.

Video connector.

USB ports.

UID

Unit ID button (activates Unit ID LED on the rear panel).

Health LED.

iLO

iLO /NIC connector.

NIC activity LED.

Generation 10 rear panel elements

Element

Description

Power jack

Two power jacks for supplying power to the appliance (that is, redundant PSUs).

ETH2

ETH3

ETH4

Ethernet ports.

When a HA cluster is configured, one port can be used to connect the Primary and Secondary appliances.

Four USB Ports.

Serial connector (inactive)

Video connector

UID

Unit ID LED (activated by Unit ID button on the front panel).

 

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