Compaq Switch 6 manual Connections, Reading the Port Indicators, Serial Communication Problems

Troubleshooting

Reading the Port Indicators

Table 4-3: Port Link Indicators

Port Top	Port Bottom	Port Stat	Occurrence	Comments
indicator	Indicator
Off	Off	Not active	Device not
			operating
Off	Blinking green	Negotiating	Initial plug in	Negotiating
				between 2Gb
				and 1Gb.
Off	Green	Operational	Good connect
			and operating
Off	Amber	Fault	Device/internal
			error
Blinking amber	Blinking amber	Speed mismatch	Conflict defined	Both indicators
			speed	on port blinking
				simultaneously.
Blinking green	Blinking green	Beaconing	MSA1000	All port
			feature	indicators
				blinking
				simultaneously.

Serial Communication Problems

The RS-232 interface can be the source of interface variations. If problems can be traced to the serial cable, check that the cable is plugged-in correctly and that it has the correct pin connections.

Connections

The following section describes the proper use of Compaq-supported Small Form Factor Pluggable Transceivers (SFP) and Fibre Channel cables.

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