Led patterns, Post and boot specifications, Post – HP Cisco MDS 9124e Fabric Switch for BladeSystem c-Class User Manual

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Managing the Switch

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LED patterns

Table 12

summarizes LED color and meaning.

The following indicates port link speeds:

No light — 1Gbps

Green — 2 Gbps

Amber — 4 Gbps

Shows green/amber — Invalid SFP

POST and boot specifications

POST is a system check that is performed each time the switch is powered on, rebooted, or reset.

During POST, the LEDs flash different colors. Any errors that occur during POST are listed in the error

log.
The Cisco MDS 9124e Switch performs POST when it is turned on or rebooted. Total boot time with

POST is approximately three minutes.

POST

The success or failure results of the diagnostic tests that run during POST can be monitored through

the error log or the command line interface.
POST includes the following steps:

Preliminary POST diagnostics are run.

Operating system is initialized.

Hardware is initialized.

Diagnostic tests are run on several functions, including circuitry, port functionality, memory,

statistics counters, and serialization.

Table 12

Port link status LED patterns

LED color

Status of Hardware

Solid green

Link is up.

Steady flashing green

Link is up (beacon used to identify port).

Flashing green

Link is up (traffic on port).

Solid amber

Link is disabled by software.

Flashing amber

A fault condition exists.

Off No

link.

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