Allied Telesis AT-SBX31XZ4, X3112, AT-SBX31FAN, AT-SBX31GP24 manual Eco-friendly Button Reset Button

Chapter 1: Overview

eco-friendly Button

RESET Button

The eco-friendly button on the AT-SBx31CFC Fabric Control Card front panel is used to turn off the LEDs on the line cards.This reduces the overall power consumption of the switch. It is displayed in Figure 7. You may want to turn off the LEDs when you are not using them to monitor the port status on the line card front panels.

With the LEDs are turned off, all of the LEDs in the chassis are affected except for the M/S LED on the active AT-SBx31CFC Fabric Control Card which is always illuminated.

The eco-friendly button is also used for a lamp test, which is initiated each time the button is pushed. The lamp test consists of LEDs flashing in alternating colors for 3 seconds.

RESET

Figure 7 eco-friendly Button and Reset Button

You can use the RESET button to reset the controller and switch fabric circuitry on the AT-SBx31CFC Fabric Control Card.This button is displayed in Figure 7. Push the button only in the unlikely event that the Switchblade x3112 Management Software is not responsive to CLI commands or status requests. Depending on your configuration, you may initiate a short interruption in the flow of network traffic through the switch when you press the button.

If you press the RESET button with only one AT-SBx31CFC Fabric Control Card installed, which is the active controller, all of the Ethernet line cards are reset by the AT-SBx31CFC Fabric Control Card as part of its boot up process.

Caution

When the RESET button is pressed with only one AT-SBx31CFC Fabric Control Card installed, the Ethernet network traffic flow through the switch is interrupted for up to two minutes while the AT- SBx31CFC and Ethernet line cards reboot.

If you press the RESET button with two AT-SBx31CFC Fabric Control Cards installed, the role of the active controller is “swapped” with the inactive controller. This means that the inactive controller becomes the

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