Allied Telesis X8112 manual Eco-friendly Button Reset Button

Chapter 1: Overview

eco-friendly Button

Reset Button

You may use the eco-friendly button on the controller card to turn the LEDs on or off. You may turn off the LEDs when you are not using them to monitor the control and Ethernet line cards, to conserve electricity. When the LEDs are off, the overall power consumption of the chassis is slightly reduced, approximately 3 watts in a system with 240 active copper ports.

The button controls all of the port LEDs on the Ethernet line cards and controller card, except for the CFC LED, which is always on, and the L/A LED for the NET MGMT port. The button does not control the LEDs on the fan module and power supply systems.

You may use the Reset button to reset either the controller card or all of the cards in the chassis. The action depends on the number of AT- SBx81CFC400 Controller Cards in the chassis and, if the chassis has two controller cards, whether you reset the active or standby master controller card.

The possible actions are described here:

If the chassis has only one controller card, pressing the Reset button resets the controller card and all of the Ethernet line cards in the chassis. You may perform this function if the chassis and line cards are experiencing a problem.

Caution

The control and Ethernet line cards do not forward network traffic for a minimum of two minutes while they initialize the AlliedWare Plus Operating System and configure their parameter settings. Some network traffic may be lost.

If the chassis has two controller cards, pressing the Reset button on the active master controller card resets the controller card, but not the Ethernet line cards. The standby master controller card immediately becomes the new active master card and the Ethernet line cards continue to forward traffic. The reset controller card is unavailable for about two minutes while it initializes its AlliedWare Plus Operating System, after which it becomes the standby master controller card in the chassis.

Note

The available bandwidth across the backplane of the chassis is reduced from 80 to 40 Gbps for each line card slot for about one minute while the reset controller card initializes its management software. This may reduce network performance.

If the chassis has two controller cards, pressing the Reset button on the standby master controller card resets that card, but not the active master controller card or the Ethernet line cards.

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