Table Of Contents

Status LEDs

Front Panel LEDs  

Rear Panel LEDs

Status LEDs

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This chapter includes the following sections:

•Front Panel LEDs

•Rear Panel LEDs

Front Panel LEDs  

#	LED Name	Description of Indicators
1	DVD activity	Off—The DVD drive is not in use. Green, blinking—The DVD drive is reading or writing data.
2	Hard drive fault	Off—The hard drive is operating properly. Amber—This hard drive has failed.
3	Hard drive activity	Off—There is no hard drive in the hard drive sled. Green—If steady, the hard drive is ready. If blinking, the hard drive is reading or writing data.
4	Power supply fault	Off—All power supplies are operating properly. Amber—At least one power supply has failed.
5	Memory fault	Off—All DIMMs are operating properly. Amber—At least one memory bank has a failed DIMM.
6	CPU fault	Off—All CPUs are operating properly. Amber—At least one CPU has failed.
7	Network activity	Off—The appliance is powered off or in standby power mode. Green, blinking—Communicating with network, main power mode. Blink rate increases with activity.
8	System fault	Green—The appliance is operating properly. Amber, blinking—Requires service. Investigate other LEDs and check logs to isolate the problem.
9	Locator LED/Locator button	Off—The Locator LED is not in use. Blue, flashing—The front LED/button was pressed, flashes front and rear to help find appliance in rack.
10	Power status LED/Power button	Off—No AC power is present. Green—If blinking, in standby power mode. If steady, in main power mode. See the "Connecting the Power Cable" procedure.

Rear Panel LEDs

   

#	LED Name	Description of Indicators
1	Power supply status	Off—No AC power is present in any power supplies. Green—This power supply is operating properly in main power mode. Green, blinking—This power supply is operating properly in standby power mode. Amber, flashing—There is no AC power present in this power supply. Amber and Green, blinking—Warning over-temperature condition: 176 °F (80 °C). Auto recovery when the temperature is less than 167 °F (75 °C). Amber—Power supply failure. Critical shutdown over 194 °F (90 °C). Auto recovery when the temperature is less than 167 °F (75 °C). See the "Connecting the Power Cable" procedure.
2	Rear Locator	Off—The Locator LED is not in use. Blue, flashing—The front LED/button was pressed, flashes front and rear to help find the appliance in rack.
3	10/100 Ethernet link status1	Read both link status and speed for the following: Link status off + speed off—No link is present on this port. Link status off + speed solid green—A half-duplex, 10-Mbps link is present. Link status amber + speed solid green—A half-duplex, 100-Mbps link is present. Link status off + speed blinking green—A full-duplex, 10-Mbps link is present. Link status amber + speed blinking green—A full-duplex, 100-Mbps link is present.
4	10/100 Ethernet speed1
5	10/100/1000 GigE link status	Read both link status and speed for the following: Link status off + speed off—No link is present on this port. Link status off + speed solid green—A half-duplex, 10-Mbps link is present. Link status green + speed solid green—A half-duplex, 100-Mbps link is present. Link status amber + speed solid green—A half-duplex, 1000-Mbps link is present. Link status off + speed blinking green—A full-duplex, 10-Mbps link is present. Link status green + speed blinking green—A full-duplex, 100-Mbps link is present. Link status amber + speed blinking green—A full-duplex, 1000-Mbps link is present.
6	10/100/1000 GigE speed

1 This port used for CIMC configuration only. Cisco Nexus Virtual Services Appliance supports network traffic on Gigabit ports only.