
Chapter 6 Monitoring the Switch
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| SYSTEM | The SYSTEM LED shows the status of the switch (system). | ||
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 | Solid green | Switch is healthy. | |
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 | Blinking green | Switch is running  | |
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 | Solid amber | Switch is faulty, is rebooting, or is in recovery. | |
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| ALERT | The ALERT LED shows the presence of a switch problem. | ||
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 | When the switch detects a problem on one or more ports, the Alert LED turns amber. Move | ||
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 | the port on which the problem exists, and the time that it was detected. The Alert LED stays | ||
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 | amber until the Alert Log is cleared. Use the link to the Alert Log to see more details about | ||
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 | Off (dark) | No switch problem is detected. | |
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 | Solid amber | A switch problem is detected. | |
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| PoE | The PoE LED shows the status of PoE being provided to the ports. | ||
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 | This LED is available on switches that have PoE ports. | ||
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 | Off (dark) | PoE to the ports is off. | |
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 | Solid green | One or more ports is receiving PoE. | |
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 | Blinking amber | One or more ports is not receiving PoE because of a fault. | |
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| RPS | The RPS LED shows the status of a connected redundant power system (RPS). | ||
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 | Off (dark) | RPS is off or is not properly connected. | |
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 | Solid green | RPS is connected and is ready to provide  | |
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 | Blinking green | RPS is connected but is unavailable because it is providing power | |
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 | Solid amber | RPS is in standby mode or is in a fault condition. | |
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 | Blinking amber | Switch internal power supply has failed, and the RPS is providing | |
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