Use the following illustrations to identify ports on the front and rear panels of the VAST Cluster hardware components.
The NVMe Fabric Ethernet 16-port switch is mounted in side by side pairs and has the following ports:
![]() 16-Port Switch Pair, Front Panel Layout |
![]() 16-Port Switch, Rear Panel Layout |
The NVMe Fabric Ethernet 32-port switch has the following ports:
![]() 32 Port Switch Rear Panel Layout |
![]() 32 Port Switch Front Panel Layout |

DBox Rear Panel, Single NIC DNodes, Rear Panel Layout
Callout Label |
Description |
May be assigned for |
---|---|---|
1 |
DNode front panel |
|
2 |
Single NIC |
|
3 |
Left QSFP28 port |
Connection to assigned DNode ports on a specified switch. |
4 |
Right QSFP28 port |
Connection to assigned DNode ports on a specified switch. |
5 |
Left RJ-45 port |
|
6 |
Right RJ-45 port |
|
7 |
Power connectors |
Connection to rack PDUs, for power supply. |

DBox Rear Panel, Dual NIC DNodes, Rear Panel Layout
Callout Label |
Description |
May be assigned for |
---|---|---|
1 |
DNode front panel |
|
2 |
Right NIC |
|
3 |
Right QSFP28 port |
Connection to assigned DNode ports on a specified switch. |
4 |
Left NIC |
|
5 |
Left QSFP28 port |
Connection to assigned DNode ports on a specified switch. |
6 |
Left RJ-45 port |
|
7 |
Right RJ-45 port |
|
8 |
Power connectors |
Connection to rack PDUs, for power supply. |
![]() CBox with Broadwell Single NIC CNodes, Rear Panel Layout |
![]() CBox with Cascade Lake Single NIC CNodes, Rear Panel Layout |
Callout Label |
Description |
May be assigned for |
---|---|---|
1 |
CNode front panel |
|
2 |
Single two-port NIC |
|
3 |
Left QSFP28 port |
Connection to assigned CNode ports on a specified switch. |
4 |
Right QSFP28 port |
Connection to assigned CNode ports on a specified switch. |
5 |
Left RJ-45 port |
|
6 |
Right RJ-45 port |
|
7 |
Power connectors |
Connection to rack PDUs, for power supply. |

CBox with Cascade Lake Dual NIC CNodes, Rear Panel Layout
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