Table 4-1. Troubleshooting Using the Port Status LEDs (Continued)

LED State

Indication

Possible Cause

Corrective Action

 

 

 

 

1 Blink

Link Failure

Link Integrity

Make sure that

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(continued)

mismatch.

both ends of the

 

 

 

connection have

 

 

 

the same Link

 

 

 

Integrity setting.

 

 

 

 

2 Blinks

Port

Faulty cable.

Check cable with

 

Partitioned

 

cable tester.

 

 

 

Repair or replace

 

 

 

cable.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Network

Reassign users to

 

 

overloaded.

another network

 

 

 

to balance the load.

 

 

 

 

Off

Ports

Ports disabled.

Enable ports.

 

Disabled

 

 

 

24-Port Module

Check the

 

 

 

 

not powered up.

Controller Module

 

 

 

Power LEDs.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broken LED.

Press the LED test

 

 

 

button on the

 

 

 

Controller Module.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bad 24-Port

Replace module.

 

 

Module.

 

 

 

 

 

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