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Catalyst 2960-S Switch Hardware Installation Guide
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Chapter 1 Product Overview
Front Panel
For information on the System LED colors during power-on self-test (POST), see the “Switch POST
Results” section on page 3-1.
RPS LED
Note The RPS LED is not present on the Catalyst 2960S-F48FPS-L, 2960S-F48LPS-L, 2960S-F24PS-L,
2960S-F48TS-L, 2960S-F24TS-L, 2960S-F48TS-S, and 2960S-F24TS-S switches—these models do
not support RPS.
For information about the Cisco RPS 2300, see the “Related Publications” section.
Master LEDPort LEDs and Modes
The port and module slots each has a port LED. As a group or individually, the LEDs show information
about the switch and about the ports. Tabl e 1-7 lists the mode LEDs and their associated port modes and
meanings.
Tab l e 1-5 RPS LED
Color RPS Status
Off RPS is off or not properly connected.
Green RPS is connected and can provide back-up power.
Blinking green RPS is connected but is unavailable. It is providing power to another device
(redundancy has been allocated to the other device).
Amber The RPS is in standby mode or in a fault condition. See the RPS documentation.
Blinking amber The power supply in a switch has failed, and the RPS is providing power to the
switch (redundancy has been allocated to this device).
Tab l e 1-6 Master LED
Port Mode Description
Off Switch is not the stack master.
Green Switch is the stack master or a standalone switch.
Amber An error occurred when the stack was electing the stack master switch, or another type
of stack error occurred.
Tab l e 1-7 Port Mode LEDs
Mode LED Port Mode Description
STAT Port status The port status. This is the default mode.
DUPLX Port duplex The port duplex mode: full duplex or half duplex.
Note The ports operate only in full-duplex mode.