
Chapter 1 Product Overview
32 Port Fibre Channel Advanced Services Module
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For the detection of most component failures, each switching module has a hardware watchdog timer that resets the card if is not serviced periodically.
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Table 1-5  Fibre Channel Advanced Services Module Indicators
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| Status | Green | All diagnostics pass and the module is operational (normal | 
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 | initialization sequence). | 
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 | Orange | The module is booting or running diagnostics (normal | 
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 | initialization sequence). | 
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 | If the module is not booting or running diagnostics, an over | 
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 | temperature condition has occurred (a minor threshold has been | 
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 | exceeded during environmental monitoring). | 
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 | Red | The diagnostic test failed and the module is not operational | 
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 | because a fault occurred during the initialization sequence. | 
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 | If the module is not booting or running diagnostics, an over | 
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 | temperature condition has occurred (a major threshold has been | 
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 | exceeded during environmental monitoring). | 
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| Speed | On | Port is transmitting in  | 
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 | Off | Port is transmitting in  | 
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| Link | Solid green | Link is healthy. | 
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 | Steady flashing | Link is healthy and beacon is enabled. | 
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 | Intermittent | Link is up and traffic is flowing through port. | 
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 | flashing green | 
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 | Solid orange | Link is disabled by software. | 
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 | Flashing orange | A fault condition exists. | 
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 | Off | No link. | 
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