Interpreting Post Results, Supply | HP FC 1GB/2GB 16B specs

HP FC 1GB/2GB 16B manual Interpreting Post Results, Supply

Operating the HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B

Table 3-2describes the LEDs on the power supply side of the switch.

Table 3-2	Power Supply Side LED Patterns During Normal Operation

Location	Purpose	Color of LED	Status of Hardware	Recommended
of LED	of LED			Action

On each	Indicates	No light	Power supply is not	Verify power supply is
power	status of		providing power.	on and power cable is
supply	related			connected to a valid
	power			power source.
	supply

		Steady green	Power supply is providing	No action required.
			power.

Center of	Indicates	No light	Either the switch is off, or	Verify that the switch
power	switch		boot is not complete, or	is on and boot has had
supply	status		boot has failed.	time to complete. If
side				there is still no light,
				contact your HP
				account representative.

		Steady green	Switch is on and boot has	No action required.
			successfully completed.

		Steady yellow	Diagnostic command is in	If no diagnostic tests
			progress, or one or more	are running, check the
			ports are faulty.	Port Status LEDs for
				fault indicators.

		Slow-flashing	Diagnostic failure on one or	Errors may be listed in
		yellow	more ports.	the error log. Refer to
				the Fabric OS
				Procedures Guide for
				more information.

Interpreting POST Results

Each time the switch is powered on or reset, the switch automatically performs POST, a one minute system check during which the port status LEDs flash different colors.

To determine whether POST completed without errors, verify that all LEDs return to a normal state after POST is complete. If one or more LEDs do not return to a normal state, and this is not due to the switch being set to beacon, see Interpreting LED Activity on page 3-1(for more information about beaconing, refer to the Fabric OS Procedures Guide).

Note: If the switch prompt does not display when POST completes, POST was not successfully completed and the switch should be returned to your HP account representative for repair.

Any errors detected during POST are written to the system log, accessible through the errShow command. For more information about error messages, refer to the Fabric OS Reference.

HP Surestore FC 1Gb/2Gb Switch 16B Installation and Reference Guide

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FC 1GB/2GB 16B specifications

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