Brocade 6505 Hardware Reference Manual - Manual (Page 32)

Port side LED patterns during normal operation (Continued) TABLE 1
LED name LED color Status of hardware Recommended action
Blinking amber Attention is required. A number of
factors can cause this status,
including;
• failure of a single power supply
when two power supplies are
installed
• fan failure
• left FRU bay (#1) empty (when
looking at the port side of the
switch)
• one or more environmental
ranges has been exceeded.
Check the management interface
and the error log for details on
the cause of status.
Contact your switch service
provider.
Ethernet Speed (green) No light Port speed is 10 Mbps. No action required.
Steady green Port speed is 100 Mbps. No action required.
Ethernet Activity/Link
(amber) No light There is no link. Verify that the Ethernet cable is
connected correctly.
Steady amber There is a link. No action required.
Blinking amber There is link activity (traffic). No action required.
Optical media port
status(one bicolor LED
for each FC port) Off No light or signal carrier on the
media interface. Verify that the transceiver is
installed correctly and that the
cable is connected correctly.
Steady amber Receiving light or carrier, but not
online. No action required.
Slow blinking
amber (2 sec) Disabled (by diagnostics or by
portDisable command). Verify that the diagnostic tests
are not being run. Re-enable the
port using the portEnable
command.
Fast blinking
amber (1/2 sec) Port failure. Check the management interface
and the error log for details on
the cause of the failure. Contact
Technical Support if necessary.
Steady green Online. No action required.
Slow blinking
green (2 sec) Online but segmented (loopback
cable or incompatible switch). No action required.
Fast blinking
green (1/2 sec) Internal loopback (diagnostic). No action required.
Flickering green Online, frames flowing through
port. No action required.
The following table describes the LEDs on the nonport side of the switch.
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