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Chapter 3 Installation
Verifying Switch Operation
If POST completes successfully on the Catalyst
•Uplink port 13 LED turns green.
•Uplink port 14 LED goes off during the flash file system initialization. If POST completes successfully on the Catalyst
•Uplink port 1 LED turns green.
•Uplink port 2 LED goes off during the flash file system initialization. If POST fails on the Catalyst
•Uplink port 13 LED blinks amber.
•Uplink port 14 LED turns green.
If POST fails on the Catalyst
•Uplink port 1 LED blinks amber.
•Uplink port 2 LED turns green.
While the switch powers on, the power status LEDs are green or red, showing the presence or absence of power supplies (see Table
If the switch is in
See the switch configuration guide for details on single- and
On a Catalyst 2950 switch, you can use the MODE button to recover the switch password. The Catalyst 2955 switch has no MODE button, so the boot loader compensates by using break key detection to stop the automatic boot sequence for password recovery.
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