Chapter 4 System Startup and Basic System Configuration

Powering On the Router and Observing the Boot Process

Table 4-1 RP Alphanumeric LED Display Sequence Examples (continued)

LED Display1

Meaning

Source

PRI

The RP is enabled and is recognized as the system primary RP. A valid

RP Cisco IOS

RP

Cisco IOS image is running.

software

 

 

 

SEC

The RP is enabled and is recognized as the system secondary RP. A

RP Cisco IOS

RP

valid Cisco IOS image is running.

software

 

 

 

1.Some LED sequences may occur too quickly to view.

2.The version of MBus microcode running on your system might be different.

Step 5 Observe the status of the RP interfaces (see Figure 4-2for the GRP and Figure 4-3for the PRP).

The LEDs on the RP show system status, the active flash memory card slot, the Ethernet connection in use, and the status of the Ethernet interface.

PCMCIA flash memory card slot LEDs (labeled Slot-0 and Slot-1) are on when the slot is accessed.

PRP—RJ-45 Ethernet port LEDs show the port activity:

LINK: Link activity

EN: port enabled

TX: data transmission

RX: data reception

GRP—RJ-45 and MII Ethernet LEDs identify which of the two Ethernet connections is selected (only one port can be operational at a time). RJ-45 LEDs show port activity.

LINK: Link activity

COLL: Collision detection

TX: data transmission

RX: data reception

 

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