LANVIEW LEDs

The functions of the System Management Bus (SMB) and CPU LEDs are listed in Table 4-1.

Table 4-1. SMB and CPU LEDs

LED Color

State

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green

Functional

Fully operational.

 

 

 

Yellow

Crippled

Not fully operational (i.e., one bad port).

 

 

 

Yellow/Green

Booting

Blinks yellow and green while booting.

 

 

 

Red

Reset

Normal power-up reset.

 

 

 

Red (Flashing)

Failed

Fatal error has occurred.

 

 

 

Off

Power off

Module powered off.

 

 

 

The function of the FNB Receive LED is listed in Table 4-2.

 

Table 4-2. FNB Receive LED

 

 

LED Color

State

 

 

 

 

Yellow (Flashing)

Activity (Flashing rate indicates rate of activity).

 

 

Off

No activity

 

 

The function of the FNB Transmit LED is listed in Table 4-3.

 

Table 4-3. FNB Transmit LED

 

 

LED Color

State

 

 

 

 

Green (Flashing)

Activity (Flashing rate indicates rate of activity).

 

 

Off

No activity

 

 

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