Installation guide
2 Brocade ICX 6430-C Compact Switch Hardware Installation Guide
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Network and management interfaces
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FIGURE 2 ICX 6430-C12 rear panel
Network and management interfaces
The ICX 6430-C12 device includes the following management interfaces, and a reset button on the
front panel of the device:
• Console management interface (RJ45 serial port)
• Out-of-band management interface (RJ45 port)
• Reset button
These RJ45 management ports are located together on the left side of the front panel. Refer to
Figure 3.
FIGURE 3 Management interfaces on an ICX 6430-C12 device
Console management interface
The console management interface is an RJ45 serial port that allows you to configure and manage
the device using a third-party terminal emulation application from a directly connected PC.
Out-of-band management interface
The out-of-band management interface is an RJ45 port that allows you to configure and manage
the device from the network.
1Console port 3Slot 2 (Copper uplink ports) 5Out-of-band
management port
2 Slot 1 (10/100/1000 Mbps ports) 4 Slot 3 (SFP uplink ports) 6 Reset button