Chapter 1 Introducing the Cisco Wide Area Application Engine

Hardware Features

Table 1-3

Back Panel LEDs

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

LED

 

 

Color

State

Description

 

 

 

 

 

1

Ethernet link status

Green

On

Active link connection on the 10BASE-T,

 

 

 

 

 

100BASE-TX, or 1000BASE-TX interface for

 

 

 

 

 

the Ethernet port.

 

 

 

 

 

2

Ethernet activity

Green

On

Server is transmitting to or receiving signals

 

 

 

 

 

from the Ethernet LAN that is connected to the

 

 

 

 

 

Ethernet port.

 

 

 

 

 

3

System locator

Green

On

Visually locate the device among other

 

 

 

 

 

devices.

 

 

 

 

 

 

7

AC Power

 

Green

On

AC power supply is on. During typical

 

 

 

 

 

operation, both the AC and the DC power

 

 

 

 

 

LEDs are on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Figure 1-4shows LEDs for the Fibre Channel adapter card, and Table 1-4

 

 

describes their function.

 

Figure 1-4

Fibre Channel Adapter LEDs

 

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Note On the adapter, the top LED is green, and the bottom LED is amber.

 

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7326 specifications

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