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Table 3-2describes the LEDs on the power supply side of the switch.

Table 3-2

Power Supply Side LED Patterns During Normal Operation

 

 

 

 

 

Location

Purpose

Color of LED

Status of Hardware

Recommended

of LED

of LED

 

 

Action

 

 

 

 

 

On each

Indicates

No light

Power supply is not

Verify power supply is

power

status of

 

providing power.

on and power cable is

supply

related

 

 

connected to a valid

 

power

 

 

power source.

 

supply

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steady green

Power supply is providing

No action required.

 

 

 

power.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Center of

Indicates

No light

Either the switch is off, or

Verify that the switch

power

switch

 

boot is not complete, or

is on and boot has had

supply

status

 

boot has failed.

time to complete. If

side

 

 

 

there is still no light,

 

 

 

 

contact your HP

 

 

 

 

account representative.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steady green

Switch is on and boot has

No action required.

 

 

 

successfully completed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Steady yellow

Diagnostic command is in

If no diagnostic tests

 

 

 

progress, or one or more

are running, check the

 

 

 

ports are faulty.

Port Status LEDs for

 

 

 

 

fault indicators.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Slow-flashing

Diagnostic failure on one or

Errors may be listed in

 

 

yellow

more ports.

the error log. Refer to

 

 

 

 

the Fabric OS

 

 

 

 

Procedures Guide for

 

 

 

 

more information.

 

 

 

 

 

Interpreting POST Results

Each time the switch is powered on or reset, the switch automatically performs POST, a one minute system check during which the port status LEDs flash different colors.

To determine whether POST completed without errors, verify that all LEDs return to a normal state after POST is complete. If one or more LEDs do not return to a normal state, and this is not due to the switch being set to beacon, see Interpreting LED Activity on page 3-1(for more information about beaconing, refer to the Fabric OS Procedures Guide).

Note: If the switch prompt does not display when POST completes, POST was not successfully completed and the switch should be returned to your HP account representative for repair.

Any errors detected during POST are written to the system log, accessible through the errShow command. For more information about error messages, refer to the Fabric OS Reference.

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HP FC 1GB/2GB 16B manual Interpreting Post Results, Supply

FC 1GB/2GB 16B specifications

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