7In Case of Difficulty

Checking the Controller LEDs

If your controller is not working properly, check the LEDs on the front panel of the unit. You can use the LED indications to quickly assess the unit’s status.

Table 2

Controller LED Signals

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

AP

Alarm

Status

 

Message Type

LED

LED

LED

Meaning

 

 

 

 

 

 

Start BIOS

 

Off

Off

Amber

BIOS starting—2 to 3 seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

Boot ROMMON

Off

Off

Slowly

Boot ROMMON starting—3 to 4 seconds.

 

 

 

 

blinking

 

 

 

 

 

green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Boot kernel

 

Off

Off

Green

Kernel booting—approximately 25 seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

Boot Switchdriver

Off

Off

Blinking

Boot switchdriver starting—approximately 20

 

 

 

 

green

seconds.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Controller

 

Off

Off

Green

Controller operational and configuration not set

operational

 

 

 

 

to default values.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green

Green

Green

Controller operational and configuration reset to

 

 

 

 

 

factory defaults. Connect PC to Ethernet port 1 to

 

 

 

 

 

start configuring the controller.

 

 

 

 

 

Reset button pressed

Off

Green

Amber

Reset button pressed for 10 seconds or more.

 

 

 

 

 

Controller clears the configuration and reboots.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Off

Amber

Reset button pressed for 3 seconds but less than 10

 

 

 

 

 

seconds. Controller reboots.

 

 

 

 

 

Access points

Green

Off

Green

One or more access points are associated to the

associated

 

 

 

 

controller.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Off

Green

No access points are associated to the controller.

 

 

 

 

 

Access point image

Blinking

Off

Green

Access point image is being downloaded.

download

 

amber

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Blinking

Off

Green

Access point image download is complete.

 

 

green

 

 

 

 

 

and off

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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