Table 3-3 – Cisco 2940 User Manual

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Chapter 3 Troubleshooting

Diagnosing Common Problems

Table 3-3

Corrupted Software Problems and Their Solutions

Symptom

Possible Cause

Resolution

System LED is amber,
and all port LEDs are
off.

Corrupted software.

Attach a monitor to the serial port to display
the switch boot loader.

For more information, see the switch
software configuration guide.

System LED is amber.

Nonfatal or fatal POST
error detected.

Use the show post privileged EXEC
command to see which POST test failed.

POST failures are usually fatal. Contact
your Cisco representative if your switch
does not pass POST.

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