Security Gateway Manual Netgate-8300
Fig. 71: Screws on the top of the cover at the front of the unit, indicated with arrows
Reconnect
The device is now ready to be put back into its former location.
1. Mount the Netgate 8300 in the rack
2. Plug in all network cables, USB cables and devices, serial console connections, etc.
3. Insert the USB memstick containing the installation media
4. Plug the power cables into all installed power supply units.
5. Turn power on to the unit by changing the power switch on the rear of the unit to the on position.
6. Reconnect to the serial console
Reassign Interfaces (Network Interface Cards Only)
If the expansion card added to the device is a network interface card, this must be accounted for in pfSense software
once the card is in place.
If the network card does not utilize the same driver as the interfaces in the base system (ice(4)), then the interfaces
can be assigned and enabled as needed based on the information in the pfSense software documentation for interfaces.
Network interface cards which use the same driver as built-in ports on the device (ice(4)) will cause the existing
interface assignments to shift, which will negatively impact connectivity as the interfaces for WAN, LAN, and so on
will suddenly be mapped to different physical ports.
There are multiple ways to work around this, depending on the state of the installation on the device.
If this is a new device or if it has no configuration that needs retained, then the easiest way to properly reassign the
interfaces is to either perform a factory reset (Factory Reset Procedure) or reinstall pfSense Plus software (Reinstalling
pfSense Plus Software). Either of those actions will take these expansion card(s) into account when pfSense Plus
software automatically assigns the interfaces on a default configuration.
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