EdgeFLEX 600 Installation

Powering Up and Checking LEDs

Check I/O Card LEDs

The I/O cards contain LEDs that represent card and/or port status, depending on the cards installed in the EdgeFLEX 600. Refer to the illustration in Card LED Locations, on page 2-15for the location of the LEDs. The following table shows the states and interpretation of the LEDs.

Card Type

LED Label

Description

Normal State

Alarm State

Any

Power

Card has powered up

Green

On (Red), or Off

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fault

Card is experiencing a

Off

On (Red)

 

 

fault condition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Active (Act)

Card is Active

 

 

 

 

member of a

 

 

 

 

redundant pair

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Standby (Sby)

Card is Standby

 

 

 

 

member of redundant

 

 

 

 

pair

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quad Gigabit

1 - 4

Ports 1 - 4

Green (Link), Blinking

On (Amber), or

Ethernet SCPX

 

 

(Activity)

Off

 

 

 

 

 

Dual Gigabit Ethernet

1 - 2

Ports 1 and 2

Green (Link), Blinking

On (Amber), or

 

 

 

(Activity)

Off

 

 

 

 

 

Octal Fast Ethernet

(left LED)

Speed

Green = 100 Mbps

On (Red), or Off

 

 

 

Off = 10 Mbps

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(right LED)

LINK

• Green = Link without

On (Red)

 

 

 

Activity

 

 

 

 

• Blinking = Link with

 

 

 

 

Activity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quad SONET/SDH

1 - 4

Ports 1 - 4

Green (Link)

Amber (LOS), or

or 84/63 CESoP

 

 

 

Off

Server

 

 

 

 

OC-3/OC-12

 

 

 

 

STM-1/STM-4

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Quad SONET/SDH

1 - 4

Ports 1 - 4

Green (Link)

Amber (LOS), or

SCPX

 

 

 

Off

OC-12/48

 

 

 

 

STM-4/STM-16

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

16 port T1/E1

1 - 16

Ports 1 - 16

Green (OK)

Red (Fault), or Off

(all varieties)

 

 

 

(unprovisioned)

 

 

 

 

 

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Carrier Access EdgeFLEX, 600 Check I/O Card LEDs, Card Type LED Label Description Normal State Alarm State

600, EdgeFLEX specifications

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