FortiSwitch-5003 system

Front panel LEDs and connectors

Table 7: FortiSwitch-5003 board front panel LEDs and switches (Continued)

LED

State

Description

 

 

 

EXT FLT

Off

Normal operation.

 

 

 

 

Yellow

Cannot establish a link to a configured interface or another

 

 

connection problem external to the FortiSwitch-5003 board.

 

 

This LED may indicate issues that do not affect normal

 

 

operation.

 

 

 

INT FLT

Off

Normal operation.

 

 

 

 

Yellow

Failure of internal tests. Indicates a hardware or software

 

 

problem with the FortiSwitch-5003 board.

 

 

 

Hot Swap

Blue

Indicates the FortiSwitch-5003 board is ready to be hot

 

 

swapped. During a hot swap, the LED is on. The LED turns off

 

 

when the FortiSwitch-5003 board is correctly installed.

 

 

 

Reset

Press and

hold Reset for three seconds to restart the FortiSwitch-5003

switch

board.

 

 

 

 

About the ZRE network activity LEDs

The ZRE network activity LEDs show links and network activity for the interfaces and connections listed in Table 8.

Figure 8: FortiSwitch-5003 ZRE network activity LEDs

15

13

11

9

7

5

3

1

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ZRE

14

12

10

8

6

4

2

0

Table 8: ZRE network activity LEDs FortiSwitch-5003 interfaces and connections

ZRE network Interface or connection activity LED

0ZRE0 front panel interface.

1ZRE1 front panel interface.

2ZRE2 front panel interface.

3 to 14

Base backplane connection to FortiGate-5000 series boards in chassis

 

slots 3 to 14.

15Base backplane link. Indicates that the FortiSwitch-5003 board can connect to the base backplane interface.

FortiSwitch-5003A and 5003 Fabric and Base Backplane Communications Guide

 

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