Dell M8428-K manual Locating the serial number, Port status LEDs

3 Locating the serial number

TABLE 2	System Status LEDs
Location	Indicator	Color	Description
	Power	Green	Off - no power
			On - power is on
	Status	Green/Amber	Off - Switch is off
			Green - OK
			Amber - boot-up state or one or more ports are offline
			or reset state
			Blinking (green/amber alternating) - error
	CMC Management	Blue/Amber	Steady blue - Normal/Stack Master
			Flashing blue - Module identify
			Steady amber - Not used
			Flashing amber - Fault
			Off - on fault/Stack Slave

Port status LEDs

The following table provides descriptions of the port status LEDs on the front panel of the switch module.

TABLE 3	CEE and FC port status LEDs
Location	Port type	Color	Description
	CEE ports	Bi-color LED	Off - no link or unlicensed
		green/amber	Steady green - link is present
			Flashing green - activity over the link
			Steady amber - fault
	FC ports	Bi-color LED	Off - no link
		green/amber	Steady green - link is present
			Flickering green - normal activity

Slowly flashing green - segmented

Rapidly flashing green - loopback

Steady amber - no sync

Slowly flashing amber - disabled

Rapidly flashing amber - fault

Locating the serial number

Before contacting service support, be sure to obtain the module’s serial number. Use one of these methods to locate the number:

•Use the switch module CLI and enter the ChassisShow command. The converged network switch serial number is displayed along with other data.

•Locate the serial number on the label attached to the converged network switch. Refer to Figure 2 on page 5 for location.

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