Specifications

1.2. Interfaces and Ports
This section is an overview of the E5 product's external design.
Figure 1.2. Clavister E5 Connection Ports
The E5 features the following connection ports on the front panel:
• On the left there is a set of RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces which are numbered 1 to 5. All 5
interfaces are connected together by a common switch fabric and share the single logical
cOS Core interface name GESW. This means that any security policy in the cOS Core rule sets
that refers to the interface GESW can apply to traffic on any of the 5 physical interfaces.
The GESW interfaces allow the configuration of Port Based VLANs through cOS Core so that
the 5 interfaces can be divided up into different VLANs. This feature is described further in
Appendix C, Port Based VLAN Setup.
• Next, are 2 x RJ45 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces. These have the logical cOS Core names of G1
and G2. The names are marked on each interface. These interfaces function independently of
each other and are not connected by a switch fabric and can be used for any purpose.
• Last, is an RJ45 console port which is used for direct access to the cOS Core Boot Menu and
the cOS Core Command Line Interface (CLI). Access can be password protected.
All E5 Ethernet interfaces are capable of link speed auto-negotiation and can operate using
10Base-T, 100Base-Tx, or 1000Base-T.
Figure 1.3. The E5 Ethernet Interface Ports
All the E5 Ethernet interfaces support Automatic MDI-X and do not require a crossover cable for
direct connection from another computer.
The full connection capabilities of all E5 Ethernet interfaces are listed in Appendix A, E5
Specifications.
Ethernet Interface Status LEDs
On the E5 there are indicator lights at the top left and top right of each interface which illuminate
according to link status and activity. The conditions shown are:
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