GigaSMART Front Module

The GigaSMART Front module is a front-facing GigaVUE-HC2 module blending GigaSMART intelligence and port capabilities into a single module. GigaSMART licenses enable a variety of cababilities from packet de-duplication to NetFlow generation.

GigaVUE-HC2 nodes with a GigaSMART Front module installed can take advantage of GigaSMART’s advanced processing features, including masking, slicing, tunnel decapsulation, VLAN tag insertion, de-duplication, header stripping, Adaptive Packet Filtering (APF), NetFlow generation, GTP stateful filtering, and flow sampling. Refer to the GigaVUE-OS CLI User’s Guide for details on the GigaSMART features. The GigaSMART Front module also has sixteen 10Gb SFP+ and SFP+ Copper ports.

The GigaSMART Front module can be used standalone, or combined with other GigaSMART modules located in either the front or rear of the node. Since each GigaSMART module has its own compute engine, additional modules may be added as more compute power is required. The processing is not limited to the ports on the module. GigaSMART functionality is available to all ports within a clustered environment.

Before installing the GigaSMART Front module, the GigaVUE-HC2 must be running software version 4.1 or higher.

 

Figure 67: GigaSMART Front Module

Module Status LEDs

The following module status LEDs are located on the front of the GigaSMART Front module:

• Rdy is the Ready LED. It has the following states:
• RED indicates system booting or alarm condition
• GREEN indicates normal condition
• Pwr is the Power LED. It has the following state:
• GREEN indicates the module is receiving power

Port Status LEDs

The port status LEDs have the following states:

• Off indicates that the port is disabled or the link is down
• GREEN indicates that the link is established

Hot Swap Button

Use the hot swap (H/S) button to put the GigaSMART Front module in a shutdown state.

The H/S button has a BLUE LED with the following states:

• Off indicates that the module is ready to configure. When the LED is Off, the module is operating normally in the node.
• Blinking indicates that the H/S button has been pressed.
• On (solid BLUE) indicates that the module is ready to be removed.

To remove a GigaSMART Front module, refer to the procedure Removing the Front GigaSMART Module.