Cisco Systems 11500 Series State Sequence, LED Color, LED State, 1 Status LEDs Boot Definitions

Chapter 3 Booting and Configuring the CSS

Booting the CSS for the First Time

Table 3-1defines the boot states and the Status LEDs blinking patterns.

Table 3-1 Status LEDs Boot Definitions

State Sequence		LED Color	LED State
1.	Power up, flash scan, and power-on self test	Amber	Fast blink
	occur.
	Power-on self test detects an error.	Red	Solid
2.	The CSS 11501 or a module in the CSS 11503 or	Amber	Slow blink
	CSS 11506 is off line and active.
3.	The CSS 1150 or a module in the CSS 11503 or	Amber	Solid
	CSS 11506 module is on line and not active.
	In the CSS 11506, a passive SCM LED remains
	in this state and color.
4.	The CSS 11501 or a module in the CSS 11503 or	Green	Solid
	CSS 11506 is on line and active.
	The CSS 11501 or a module in the CSS 11503 or	Red	Blinking
	CSS 11506 (except a Fast Ethernet Module)
	fails.
	If a Fast Ethernet Module fails in the CSS 11503
	or CSS 11506, all of its Link and Duplex LEDs
	blink simultaneously.
	In the CSS 11503 or CSS 11506, when the
	master SCM in slot 1 detects a module failure, its
	Status LED is green and blinks slowly.
	When the master SCM in slot 1 fails, the CSS
	does not boot unless there is a passive SCM in
	slot 2.
5.	Disk activity	Green	Variable
			blinking

If an error occurs during a test, the console displays an error message, increments the detected error counter, and continues to the next test until it completes all of the power-on self tests. For more information on errors and messages, refer to Appendix C, Troubleshooting.

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