Chapter 1: Overview
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eco-friendly 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.
Figure 7 eco-friendly Button and Reset Button
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
RESET