Chapter 1 Overview

Front-Panel Description

Table 1-6 Meaning of Port LED Colors in Different Modes

Port Mode

Color

Meaning

 

 

 

STAT

Off

No link.

 

 

 

 

Solid green

Link present.

 

 

 

 

Flashing green

Activity. Port is sending or receiving data.

 

 

 

 

Alternating

Link fault. Error frames can affect connectivity, and errors such as

 

green-amber

excessive collisions, CRC errors, and alignment and jabber errors are

 

 

monitored for a link-fault indication.

 

 

 

 

Solid amber

Port is not forwarding. Port was disabled by management, an address

 

 

violation, or Spanning Tree Protocol (STP).

 

 

Note After a port is reconfigured, the port LED can remain amber for

 

 

up to 30 seconds while STP checks the switch for possible loops.

 

 

 

DPLX

Off

Port is operating in half duplex.

 

 

 

(half or

Green

Port is operating in full duplex.

full

 

 

duplex)

 

 

 

 

 

SPD

10/100 ports

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Port is operating at 10 Mbps.

 

 

 

 

Green

Port is operating at 100 Mbps.

 

 

 

 

10/100/1000 ports

 

 

 

 

Off

Port is operating at 10 Mbps.

 

 

 

 

Green

Port is operating at 100 Mbps.

 

 

 

 

Flashing green

Port is operating at 1000 Mbps.

 

 

 

 

SFP modules

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Port is operating at 10 Mbps.

 

 

 

 

Green

Port is operating at 100 Mbps.

 

 

 

 

Flashing green

Port is operating at 1000 Mbps.

 

 

 

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