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The chassis LEDs are located at the top of the front of the chassis. They indicate whether each type of module (supervisors, controllers, I/O modules, fabric modules, fan trays, and power supplies) are fully functional or have a fault condition. The following table describes what each of these LEDs can indicate.
LED | Color | Status |
---|---|---|
BCN |
Flashing blue |
The operator has activated this LED to identify this chassis. |
Off |
This chassis is not being identified. |
|
SUP |
Green |
Supervisor modules are all operational. |
Amber |
Check the Supervisor Module LED Descriptions for more information. |
|
FAB |
Green |
Fabric modules are all operational. |
Amber |
Check the FAB LED description in the Fan Tray LED Descriptions for more information. |
|
IOM |
Green |
I/O modules are all operational. |
Amber |
Check the I/O Module LED Descriptions for more information. |
|
PSU |
Green |
Power supplies are all operational. |
Amber |
Check the Power Supply LED Descriptions for more information. |
|
FAN |
Green |
Fan trays are all operational. |
Amber |
Check the Fan Tray LED Descriptions for more information. |
|
PWR MGMT |
Green |
Sufficient power is available for all of the installed modules. |
Amber |
Either of the following: |
The system controller module LEDs are located on the left side of the module. The following table describes the possible states for each of these LEDs.
LED | Color | Status |
---|---|---|
BCN |
Flashing blue |
The operator has activated this LED to identify this module in the chassis. |
Off |
This module is not being identified. |
|
STS |
Green |
This module is operational. |
Flashing amber |
This module is booting up. |
|
Flashing red |
Temperature exceeds major alarm threshold. |
|
Off |
The module is not receiving power. |
|
ACT |
Green |
The controller module is operational and in active mode. |
Amber |
The controller module is operational and in standby mode. |
The Beacon (BCN), Status (STS), and Active (ACT) LEDs are located on the lower left front of the supervisor module. The management port link and active LEDs are located immediately above the port on the front of the module. The following table describes the possible states for each of these LEDs.
LED |
Color |
Status |
---|---|---|
BCN |
Flashing blue |
The operator has activated this LED to identify this module in the chassis. |
Off |
This module is not being identified. |
|
STS |
Green |
This module is operational. |
Flashing amber |
This module is booting up. |
|
Flashing red |
Temperature exceeds major alarm threshold. |
|
Off |
The module is not receiving power. |
|
ACT |
Green |
This module is operational and in active mode. |
Amber |
This module is operational and in standby mode. |
|
(management port LINK) |
Green |
The management port is linked up. |
Off |
The management port is not linked up. |
|
(management port ACT) |
Green |
The management port is linked up. |
Off |
The management port is not linked up. |
The fan tray LEDs are located on the lower right portion of the module. The following table describes the possible states indicated by this module.
LED |
Color |
Status |
---|---|---|
BCN |
Blue |
The operator has activated this LED to identify this module in the chassis. |
Off |
This module is not being identified. |
|
FAN |
Green |
The fan tray is operational. |
Red |
One or more fans in this fan tray has failed. |
|
Off |
No power is going to the fan tray. |
|
FAB |
Green |
Both fabric modules behind this fan tray are operational. |
Amber |
At least one fabric module behind this fan tray is not operating. |
|
Off |
No power is going to the fabric module behind this fan tray. |
The fabric modules are located behind the fan trays.
LED |
Color |
Status |
---|---|---|
(top LED) |
Blue |
The operator has activated this LED to identify this module in the chassis. |
Off |
This module is not being identified. |
|
(bottom LED) |
Green |
The fabric module is operational. |
Flashing red |
The fabric module has a fault. |
|
Flashing amber |
The fabric module is booting up. |
|
Off |
No power is going to the fabric module. |
The Beacon (BCN) and Status (STS) LEDs are located on the front left of the module, and the Link LED for each port is located between the two rows of ports (each of these LEDs is a triangle pointing to the port above or below the LED).
The power supply LEDs are located on the upper left front portion of the module. Combinations of states indicated by the OK and Fail LEDs indicate the status for the module as shown in the following table.
OK LED |
Fail LED |
Status |
---|---|---|
Green |
Off |
Power supply is on and outputting power to the switch. |
Flashing green |
Off |
Power supply is connected to AC power source but not outputting power to the switch. The power supply might not be properly installed in the chassis. |
Off |
Off |
Either all of the installed power supplies are not receiving power or an uninstalled power supply is not receiving power. |
Off |
Flashing amber |
Power supply is operating but a warning condition has occurred—possibly one of the following conditions: |
Off |
Flashing amber (10 seconds) then amber |
Power supply is installed without a connection to a power source. |
Off |
Amber |
Power supply failure—possibly one of the following conditions: |