Cisco Systems 1200 manual Message Ethernet Status Radio Type

Chapter 7 Troubleshooting Lightweight Access Points

Checking the Top Panel LEDs

Table 7-1	Top Panel LED Signals
Message	Ethernet	Status	Radio
type	LED	LED	LED	Meaning
Boot loader	Green	–	Green	DRAM memory test.
status
	–	Amber	Red	Board initialization test
	–	Blinking green	Blinking green	Flash memory test.
	Amber	Green	–	Ethernet initialization test.
	Green	Green	Green	Starting Cisco IOS.
Association	–	Green	–	At least one wireless client device is associated with the
status				unit.
	–	Blinking green	–	No client devices are associated; check the unit’s SSID
				and WEP settings.
Operating	–	Green	Blinking green	Transmitting/receiving radio packets.
status
	Green	–	–	Ethernet link is operational.
	Blinking green	–	–	Transmitting/receiving Ethernet packets.
Boot Loader	Red	–	Red	DRAM memory test failure.
Errors
	–	Red	Red	File system failure.
	Red	Red	–	Ethernet failure during image recovery.
	Amber	Green	Amber	Boot environment error.
	Red	Green	Red	No Cisco IOS image file.
	Amber	Amber	Amber	Boot failure.
Operation	–	Green	Blinking amber	Maximum retries or buffer full occurred on the radio.
Errors
	Blinking amber	-	–	Transmit/receive Ethernet errors.
	–	Blinking amber	–	General warning.
Configuration	–	Amber	–	Resetting the configuration options to factory defaults.
Reset
Failure	Red	Red	Red	Firmware failure; try disconnecting and reconnecting
				unit power.
Firmware	–	Red	–	Loading new firmware image.
Upgrade
Controller	Alternating green, red , and amber1			Connecting to the wireless LAN controller.
status				Note If the access point remains in this mode for
				more than five minutes, the access point is
				unable to find the controller. Ensure a DHCP
				server is available or that controller information
				is configured on the access point.

1. This status indication has the highest priority and overrides other status indications.

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