Syst led, Stat, dplx, spd, and port leds – Cisco 2940 User Manual

Page 25

Advertising
background image

1-7

Catalyst 2940 Switch Hardware Installation Guide

OL-6157-01

Chapter 1 Overview

Front-Panel Description

All of the LEDs described in this section are visible through the GUI management applications—the
Network Assistant application for multiple switches and the device manager for a single switch. The
switch software configuration guide describes how to use the CLI to configure and to monitor individual
switches and switch clusters.

SYST LED

The SYST LED shows whether the system is receiving power and functioning properly.

Table 1-4

lists

the LED colors and meanings.

For information about the system LED colors during the power-on self-test (POST), see the

“Understanding POST Results” section on page 3-1

.

STAT, DPLX, SPD, and Port LEDs

Press the Mode button to cycle through the STAT, DPLX, and SPD LED displays. When the LED is
highlighted for the mode that you want, release the button to enable that highlighted mode.

Table 1-5

lists the mode meanings.

Each port has a port status LED, also called a port LED. These LEDs display information about the
individual ports. When you change the port mode, the meanings of the port LED colors change.

Table 1-6

explains how to interpret these colors.

Table 1-4

System LED

Color

System Status

Off

System is not powered on.

Green

System is operating normally.

Amber

System is receiving power but is not functioning properly.

Table 1-5

Port Mode LEDs

Mode LED

Port Mode

Description

STAT

Port status

Port status. This is the default mode.

DPLX

Port duplex mode

Port duplex mode: half duplex or full duplex.

SPD

Port speed

Port operating speed: 10 or 100 Mbps for 10/100 ports and
10, 100, or 1000 Mbps for 10/100/1000 ports.

Advertising