Chapter 6 Monitoring the Switch

 

 

Review the Front Panel View and the LEDs

 

Table 6-1

System-Level LEDS

 

 

 

 

LED

Explanation

 

 

 

 

 

SYSTEM

The SYSTEM LED shows the status of the switch (system).

 

 

 

 

 

Solid green

Switch is healthy.

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking green

Switch is running power-on self-test (POST).

 

 

 

 

 

Solid amber

Switch is faulty, is rebooting, or is in recovery.

 

 

 

 

ALERT

The ALERT LED shows the presence of a switch problem.

 

When the switch detects a problem on one or more ports, the Alert LED turns amber. Move

 

the pointer over the Alert LED to display a description of the most recent problem detected,

 

the port on which the problem exists, and the time that it was detected. The Alert LED stays

 

amber until the Alert Log is cleared. Use the link to the Alert Log to see more details about

 

the problem. For more information, see the “Review the Alert Log” section on page 6-8.

 

 

 

 

 

Off (dark)

No switch problem is detected.

 

 

 

 

 

Solid amber

A switch problem is detected.

 

 

 

 

PoE

The PoE LED shows the status of PoE being provided to the ports.

 

This LED is available on switches that have PoE ports.

 

 

 

 

 

Off (dark)

PoE to the ports is off.

 

 

 

 

 

Solid green

One or more ports is receiving PoE.

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking amber

One or more ports is not receiving PoE because of a fault.

 

 

 

 

RPS

The RPS LED shows the status of a connected redundant power system (RPS).

 

This LED is available on switches that have an RPS connector.

 

 

 

 

 

Off (dark)

RPS is off or is not properly connected.

 

 

 

 

 

Solid green

RPS is connected and is ready to provide back-up power.

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking green

RPS is connected but is unavailable because it is providing power

 

 

to another device.

 

 

 

 

 

Solid amber

RPS is in standby mode or is in a fault condition.

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking amber

Switch internal power supply has failed, and the RPS is providing

 

 

power to the switch.

 

 

 

 

 

 

User Guide for the Catalyst Express 520 Switches

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Cisco Systems 520 manual Explanation, PoE