Installation guide

2: Hardware Installation
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Step 6:
Familiarize yourself with the Freeway’s back panel.
The Freeway 1100 has four PCI slots used by the ICP2432 boards and the Fast Ethernet
board(s), two CPU slots, and eight ISA slots used by the ICP2424 boards and the stan-
dard Ethernet board. Figure 2–2 shows an example Freeway 1100 with ISA boards, and
Figure 2–3 shows an example Freeway 1100 with PCI boards. Unused slots are covered
by metal plates.
The Freeway 1150 has seven PCI slots used by the ICP2432 boards and the Fast Ethernet
board(s), two CPU slots, and five ISA slots; one ISA slot is used if you ordered a stan-
dard Ethernet board. Figure 2–4 shows an example Freeway 1150. Unused slots are cov-
ered by metal plates.
If you ordered standard Ethernet, one of the ISA slots contains a standard Ethernet
board for connecting to your LAN. Freeway can support additional standard Ethernet
boards, but a single board is standard. Any one of the three connectors located on the
back of the board (RJ-45, AUI, or BNC) can be used.
If you ordered Fast Ethernet, one of the PCI slots contains a Fast Ethernet board for
connecting to your LAN. Freeway can support additional Fast Ethernet boards, but a
single board is standard.
The ISA slots are used by the ICP2424 boards to connect Freeway to your WAN. You can
have a maximum of four ICP2424s per Freeway. Two-port ICP2424s reside in a single
ISA slot. Four-port ICP2424s reside in a single ISA slot, but require two I/O panels for
the four WAN port connectors. If you are using a standard Ethernet board, the maxi-
mum number of ICP2424 ports available is 14: three 4-port boards and 1 2-port board.
If you are using a Fast Ethernet board, which is installed in a PCI slot, the maximum
number of ICP2424 ports available is 16: four 4-port ICP2424 boards.
The PCI slots are used by two-, four-, or eight-port ICP2432 boards to connect Freeway
to your WAN.