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Cisco Nexus 5000 Series Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Nexus 5010 Switch

Port Level LED’s

There are twenty to twenty-six port activity LEd’s on switch depending on whether the GEM is a Fibre
Channel or 10GE. The table summarizes the behavior of the port LED’s.
Supported SFP Transceivers
The Cisco Nexus 5010 switch supports both SFP+ Ethernet transceivers and SFP Fibre Channel
transceivers.
PSU Status
Indicators
Power supply
(front)
PSU Health
(multi color)
Green OFF No AC power to power supply
Solid On Power supply on and OK
Amber Solid On Power supply failures, over volt-
age, over current, over temperature
1 Hz
blinking
AC present, 3.3VSB on,
PSU is off
OFF Operating normally
GEM Cards
Health Indicator
back of chassis An indicator
to show
there is a
fault with
any one of
the GEM
card
Green On GEM card is operating
normally
Amber Solid on A fault has occurred on
the GEM card.
Table 1-6 LEDs for the Cisco Nexus 5010 Switch (continued)
LED Location Function Color Status Description
Link State LED State Notes
Link Down OFF
POST failed on port AMBER blinking yellow
Administrative disabled AMBER_ON Depending on the product you look at, the
LED could be off, or solid amber.
Link Up,
port in STP forwarding
state
GREEN_ON Blinks based on network activity