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Chapter 3 Installation | Hillstone
Hillstone Multi-core Security Appliance Installation Manual
 If the rack accommodates only one device, put the device on the bottom.
 The floating nuts in the accessory box can only fit in the 9mm x 9 mm
squared holes of standard racks and they can be used when no original
rack nuts are available.
Connecting Cables
This section describes how to connect cables to the appliance, including connecting
the ground wire, the console cable, the Ethernet cable and the power cable.
Connecting the Ground Wire
To meet safety requirements, you must correctly connect the grounding screw on
the chassis to the earth ground by a grounding wire. The grounding resistance
should be less than 5
Warning: The correct connection of the ground wire on the chassis is an
essential safeguard against lightning shocks and interference. You must properly
connect the ground wire when installing and using the appliance.
Connecting the Console Cable
Hillstone multi-core security appliance provides an RS-232C asynchronous serial
console (CON) port, through which you can configure the appliance. The console
cable is an 8-core shielded cable, which has an RJ-45 connector that can be
connected to the Console port of the appliance and a DB-9 (female) connector that
can be connected to the serial port of a console terminal.
Perform the following steps to connect the appliance and the console terminal:
1. Select a console terminal. You may choose an ordinary PC or a standard
ASCII terminal with an RS-232C serial port.
2. Connect the console cable. Connect the RJ-45 end of the cable to the Console
port of the appliance, and then connect the DB-9 connector of the cable to the
console terminal.
Connecting the Ethernet Cable
Hillstone products provide 1000Mbps electrical Ethernet ports, SFP ports, XFP ports
and Ethernet Combo ports (Electrical port + Optical port). The electrical Ethernet
port can be connected by a straight-through cable (also called standard cable) or a
crossover cable. The SFP port should use a SFP optical module, which can be
connected with crossover cable or straight-through cable, or use a SFP electric
module connected by a single-mode or multi-mode cable. The XFP port uses single-
mode or multi-mode cables to access Ethernet.
All SFP Port and XFP Port optical modules of Hillstone products use LC-type optical
connector; therefore, you should connect the optical modules using optical fiber
ended with LC-type connector.