Exchanging Socket Ports

This article explains how to use the Cato Management Application to exchange the Socket port settings for your Cato site.

Overview

You can exchange the port destination for your Socket sites in the Cato Management Application to meet changes and new requirements for a site. Exchange the physical Socket ports, after you save the settings, the new configuration is pushed to the Socket. There is no impact to existing site settings, such as BGP or LAN subnets, when you exchange Socket ports.

Exchanging ports is only supported for physical Socket models.

There are some scenarios where exchanging Socket ports is part of a hardware upgrade (such as changing Socket model X1500 to X1700), cable receiver change (for example, copper to fiber cable) or other hardware changes.

For more on Socket hardware changes, see Changing the Socket model for a site.

Notes:

  • You can't exchange the primary WAN port destination (Port 3 / WAN 1 on the X1500 model or Port 1 on the X1600 and X1700 models)

  • USB ports used for the Cato destination (WAN traffic) support up to 25Mbps only

  • For AWS and Azure vSockets, only one LAN port is supported

The following table describes the port destinations:

Item

Description

Cato

Connected to the Cato Cloud for WAN traffic

LAN

LAN traffic

LAN & VRRP

LAN traffic and HA keepalive traffic

LAN LAG Master & VRRP

LAN LAG traffic and HA keepalive traffic

LAN LAG Master

The logical master LAG port

LAN LAG Member

The logical member LAG port(s)

Alternative WAN

MPLS network with Socket sites on different subnets

Alternative WAN (Layer-2)

MPLS network with Socket sites on the same subnet

Disabled

Port is disabled

Socket Ports Destinations for the X1500 Socket

The X1500 Socket ports support the following port destinations:

Item

Description

1 (LAN 1)

  • LAN

  • LAN & VRRP

  • LAN LAG Master

  • LAN LAG Master & VRRP

  • LAN LAG Member

Only exchange LAN1 port with LAN 2 port which is configured with the LAN destination

2 (LAN 2)

  • All destinations are supported

3 (WAN 1)

  • Cato

4 (WAN 2)

  • All destinations are supported

USB1

  • Cato

  • VRRP

  • Disabled

USB2

  • Cato

  • VRRP

  • Disabled

Socket Ports Destinations for the X1600 Socket

The X1600 Socket ports support the following port destinations:

Item

Description

1

  • Cato

2-8

  • Cato

  • LAN

  • LAN & VRRP

  • LAN LAG Master & VRRP

  • LAN LAG Master

  • LAN LAG Member

  • VRRP

  • Alternative WAN

  • Alternative WAN (Layer-2)

  • Disabled

USB1

  • Cato

  • VRRP

  • Disabled

USB2

  • Cato

  • VRRP

  • Disabled

Note: For the combination fiber and copper ports, you don’t need to make changes in the Cato Management when you exchange a copper cable for a fiber cable (and vice versa). The combo port is identified automatically.

Socket Ports Destinations for the X1700 Socket

The X1700 Socket ports support the following port destinations:

Item

Description

1

  • Cato

2-8

  • Cato

  • LAN

  • LAN & VRRP

  • LAN LAG Master & VRRP

  • LAN LAG Master

  • LAN LAG Member

  • VRRP

  • Alternative WAN

  • Alternative WAN (Layer-2)

  • Disabled

Add-on ports

  • Cato

  • LAN

  • LAN & VRRP

  • LAN LAG Master & VRRP

  • LAN LAG Master

  • LAN LAG Member

  • VRRP

  • Alternative WAN

  • Alternative WAN (Layer-2)

  • Disabled

Exchanging Socket Ports

Use the Socket screen in the Cato Management Application to exchange the ports for a Socket. Then the Cato Management Application pushes the new configuration to the Socket.

To exchange Socket ports:

  1. From the navigation menu, click Network > Sites and select the site.

  2. From the navigation menu, select Site Configuration > Socket.

  3. In the row for the port you are exchanging, select More_icon.png More.

    Note: The available ports appear according to the Port Name and not the Port ID.

  4. Select the port you are exchanging with.

  5. In the confirmation window, click Ok.

  6. Click Save. The Cato Management Application pushes the new port configuration to the Socket.

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