3Com 5000 Common Front Panel Features, 11.0 10BASE-T SwitchModule Front Panel Features, Ports

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10.0Common Front Panel Features

This section describes front panel features that all SwitchModules have in common, regardless of technology type and configuration. The figure to the right shows the common SwitchModule front panel features.

10.3 Ports

SwitchModule port types vary depending on media type and configuration. The following sections describe the port types, along with descriptions of the other front panel components of each SwitchModule.

10.1 LEDs

SwitchModule front panels are equipped with LEDs that provide information about module status and traffic activity on the backplane.

LED	State	Indicates
Module Status	Green	SwitchModule powered on OK.
(MOD STAT)	On
	Off	SwitchModule has failed.
	Yellow	SwitchModule is running self-test
	On	diagnostics.
	Yellow	SwitchModule has failed
	Blinking	self-diagnostics.
PacketChannel	Green	SwitchModule is correctly
Status	On	inserted in chassis and connected
		to the PacketChannel backplane.
	Off	SwitchModule is not connected
		to the PacketChannel backplane
		or was inserted in slots 9 — 12
		(17-slot hub) or 9 and 10 (10-slot
		hub), which are reserved for the
		ATM Switch/Control Point
		module.
	Yellow	SwitchModule is transmitting
	On	heavy traffic levels to the
		PacketChannel backplane.
	Yellow	SwitchModule is transmitting
	Blinking	normal traffic levels to the
		PacketChannel backplane.

10.2 Reset Button

Press the Reset button only if you suspect a problem with the SwitchModule. Resetting disrupts network traffic and affects the Spanning Tree topology. To press the Reset button, use a pen tip or other nonmetallic tool.

PACKETCHANNEL
MOD	STAT

RESET

Ports differ in type and number. This example shows RJ-45 ports.

Model Number location

XXXX

11.010BASE-T SwitchModule Front Panel Features

This section describes the front panel features that are unique to these 10BASE-T SwitchModules:

■12-Port 10BASE-T SwitchModule

■20-Port 10BASE-T SwitchModule

■24-Port 10BASE-T SwitchModule

■24-Port Ethernet Telco SwitchModule

See Section 10.0, "Common Front Panel Features" for a description of the PacketChannel LED, Module Status LED, and Reset button.