Prepare an AlgoSec hardware appliance

This section describes how to prepare an AlgoSec hardware appliance before continuing with your deployment.

Do the following:

Review the contents of the shipping carton, technical specifications, and appliance elements. For details, see:
Mount the appliance on the rack, with the AlgoSec logo facing front.
Connect one end of the power cable supplied to the power jack on the appliance's rear panel. Plug the other end into an electrical outlet.

Do one of the following:

Configure the appliance directly

(Recommended)

Do the following:

Use a VGA cable to connect a monitor to the video port on the appliance's rear panel.
Connect a keyboard to one of the USB ports on the appliance's front or rear panel.

Configure the appliance via iLO

Do the following:

Connect one end of the network cable supplied to the iLO port on the appliance's front panel.
Connect the other end of the cable to a network port.

Shipping carton contents

Each AlgoSec hardware appliance comes in a shipping container with the following items:

A Hardware appliance

One of the following AlgoSec hardware appliances:

License

A Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) iLO license

For all appliances, the names of physical devices start with 1. Corresponding OS names start with 0.

For example, a physical device might be named NIC1. The OS would be ETH0.

This section includes:

Generation 10 AlgoSec Hardware Appliance technical specifications

	2063	2203	2403
CPU	6 cores: Intel Xeon Bronze 3104	20 cores: Intel Xeon Silver 4114	40 cores: Intel Xeon Gold 6138
Memory	16GB	64GB	128GB
LAN Port	4 x 10/100/1000 Ethernet	4 x 10/100/1000 Ethernet	4 x 10/100/1000 Ethernet
Video connection	1 x VGA	1 x VGA	1 x VGA
USB	Front: 1 USB 3.0 + iLO service port Rear: 2 USB 3.0 Internal: 2 USB 3.0	Front: 1 USB 3.0 + iLO service port Rear: 2 USB 3.0 Internal: 2 USB 3.0	Front: 1 USB 3.0 + iLO service port Rear: 2 USB 3.0 Internal: 2 USB 3.0
Power Supply	500W PSU redundant	500W PSU redundant	800W PSU redundant
Storage	2 x 1200GB	5 x 1200GB	8 x 1200GB
H/W Raid	RAID 1	RAID 5	RAID 5
ILO (Integrated Lights-Out)	HP iLO 5 Standard	HP iLO 5 Standard	HP iLO 5 Standard
Redundancy	RAID, Dual CPU, Power Supply	RAID, Dual CPU, Power Supply	RAID, Dual CPU, Power Supply
Hardware Manufacturer	HPE	HPE	HPE
Chassis	HP Rack Mount Consoles	HP Rack Mount Consoles	HP Rack Mount Consoles
Form Factor	1U 8-SFF Rack form factor	1U 8-SFF Rack form factor	1U 8-SFF Rack form factor
Dimensions (HxDxW)	4.29 x 43.46 x 70.7 cm 1.69 x 17.11 x 27.83 in	4.29 x 43.46 x 70.7 cm 1.69 x 17.11 x 27.83 in	4.29 x 43.46 x 70.7 cm 1.69 x 17.11 x 27.83 in
Weight (maximum)	8 SFF 16.27 kg (35.86 lb)	8 SFF 16.27 kg (35.86 lb)	8 SFF 16.27 kg (35.86 lb)
Operating Temperature	10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F)	10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F)	10° to 35°C (50° to 95°F)
Operating Humidity	8% to 90%	8% to 90%	8% to 90%

Generation 10 AlgoSec Hardware Appliance front panel elements

Element	Description
	Power On/Standby button with a LED whose state indicates the appliance's power status: Flashing. The appliance is initializing. On. The appliance is on. Off. The appliance is off.
	A LED whose state indicates the appliance's hard disk status: Flashing. The hard disk is in use. Off. The hard disk is not in use.
	Video connector.
	USB ports.
UID	Unit ID button (activates Unit ID LED on the rear panel).
	Health LED.
iLO	iLO /NIC connector.
	NIC activity LED.

Generation 10 AlgoSec Hardware Appliance rear panel elements

Element	Description
Power jack	Two power jacks for supplying power to the appliance (that is, redundant PSUs).
ETH2 ETH3 ETH4	Ethernet ports. When a HA cluster is configured, one port can be used to connect the Primary and Secondary appliances.
	Four USB Ports.
	Serial connector (inactive)
	Video connector
UID	Unit ID LED (activated by Unit ID button on the front panel).

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