Chapter 4 Troubleshooting Lightweight Access Points

Checking the Lightweight Access Point LEDs

Table 4-1

LED Signals (continued)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cable Bay Area

 

Top of Unit

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Message type

 

Ethernet LED

 

Radio LED

Status LED

Meaning

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boot loader errors

Red

 

Red

Red

DRAM memory test failure.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

 

Red

Blinking red

Flash file system failure.

 

 

 

 

 

and blue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

 

Amber

Blinking red

Environment variable (ENVAR) failure.

 

 

 

 

 

and

 

 

 

 

 

 

blue-green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

 

Off

Blinking red

Bad MAC address.

 

 

 

 

 

and yellow

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red

 

Off

Blinking red

Ethernet failure during image recovery.

 

 

 

 

 

and off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

 

Amber

Blinking red

Boot environment error.

 

 

 

 

 

and off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red

 

Amber

Blinking red

No Cisco IOS image file.

 

 

 

 

 

and off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

 

Amber

Blinking red

Boot failure.

 

 

 

 

 

and off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cisco IOS errors

Blinking

 

Transmit or receive Ethernet errors.

 

 

amber

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

Maximum retries or buffer full occurred on the radio.

 

 

 

 

amber

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red

 

Red

Amber

Software failure; try disconnecting and reconnecting

 

 

 

 

 

 

unit power.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Amber

General warning, insufficient inline power (see the

 

 

 

 

 

 

“Low Power Condition for Lightweight Access

 

 

 

 

 

 

Points” section).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Controller status

 

 

Alternating

Connecting to the controller.

 

 

 

 

 

green, red ,

Note If the access point remains in this mode for

 

 

 

 

 

and amber1

 

 

 

 

 

more than five minutes, the access point is

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

unable to find the controller. Ensure a DHCP

 

 

 

 

 

 

server is available or that controller

 

 

 

 

 

 

information is configured on the access point.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

Loading the access point image file.

 

 

 

 

 

dark blue

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. This status indication has the highest priority and overrides other status indications.

Cisco Aironet 1130AG Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide

 

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Cisco Systems 1130AG manual Low Power Condition for Lightweight Access

1130AG specifications

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