FortiGate-5001A security system

Front panel LEDs and connectors

LEDs

Table 1 lists and describes the FortiGate-5001A LEDs.

Table 1: FortiGate-5001A LEDs

LED

State

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

1, 2

 

 

Green

The correct cable is connected to the interface and the

(Left LED)

 

connected equipment has power.

 

 

 

 

Flashing

Network activity at the interface.

 

 

 

 

Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

No link is established.

 

 

 

 

 

 

1, 2

 

 

Green

Connection at 1 Gbps.

(Right LED)

 

 

Amber

Connection at 100 Mbps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Connection at 10 Mbps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base CH0

Green

Base backplane interface 0 (base1) is connected at 1 Gbps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing

Network activity at base backplane interface 0.

 

 

 

 

Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Base CH1

Green

Base backplane interface 1 (base2) is connected at 1 Gbps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing

Network activity at base backplane interface 1.

 

 

 

 

Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fabric CH0

Off

Fabric backplane interface 0 (fabric1) is connected at 10

 

 

 

 

 

Gbps.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing

Network activity at fabric backplane interface 0.

 

 

 

 

Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fabric CH1

Off

Fabric backplane interface 1 (fabric2) is connected at 10

 

 

 

 

 

Gbps.

 

 

 

 

Flashing

Network activity at fabric backplane interface 1.

 

 

 

 

Green

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ACC

Off or

The ACC LED flashes green when the FortiGate-5001A

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing

board accesses the FortiOS flash disk. The FortiOS flash

 

 

 

 

green

disk stores the current FortiOS firmware build and

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

configuration files. The system accesses the flash disk when

 

 

 

 

 

starting up, during a firmware upgrade, or when an

 

 

 

 

 

administrator is using the CLI or GUI to change the FortiOS

 

 

 

 

 

configuration. Under normal operating conditions this LED

 

 

 

 

 

flashes occasionally, but is mostly off.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

OOS

Off

Normal operation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green

A fault condition exists and the FortiGate-5001A blade is out

 

 

 

(Out of

 

 

 

 

of service (OOS). This LED may also flash very briefly during

 

 

 

Service)

 

 

 

 

 

normal startup.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Power

Green

The FortiGate-5001A board is powered on.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Status

Off

The FortiGate-5001A board is powered on.

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing

The FortiGate-5001A is starting up. If this LED is flashing at

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Green

any time other than system startup, a fault condition may

 

 

 

 

 

exist.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

IPM

Blue

The FortiGate-5001A is ready to be hot-swapped (removed

 

 

 

 

from the chassis). If the IPM light is blue and no other LEDs

 

 

 

 

 

are lit the FortiGate-5001A board has lost power.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing

The FortiGate-5001A is changing from hot swap to running

 

 

 

 

Blue

mode or from running mode to hot swap. This happens when

 

 

 

 

 

the FortiGate-5001A board is starting up or shutting down.

 

 

 

 

Off

Normal operation. The FortiGate-5001A board is in contact

 

 

 

 

 

with the chassis backplane.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Fortinet 5001A-SW, 5001A-DW manual Lists and describes the FortiGate-5001A LEDs

5001A-SW, 5001A-DW specifications

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