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40Chapter 2 Cabling the VPN Router and turning the power on
Understanding the LEDs
This section describes the LEDs on the front panel of the VPN Router 2750 and on the interface cards that have LEDs. You can confirm that you properly cabled the LAN and WAN interfaces by examining the LEDs.
Front panel LEDs
The front panel of the VPN Router 2750 has a lighted Nortel logo and two LEDs (Figure 8). These LEDs indicate the status of the VPN Router 2750.
Figure 8 Front panel LEDs
Alert
Boot/Ready
Power
Alert
Boot/Ready
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Table 4 describes the LEDs on the VPN Router 2750 front panel.
Table 4 Front panel LED indicators
LED | Indicator | Description | |
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Power (Nortel | On | The gateway is receiving AC power. | |
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Off | The gateway is not receiving AC power. | ||
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Alert | Yellow | A | |
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| condition is described in the health check display. | |
| Red | A serious alarm condition exists that requires attention. | |
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| A red alert usually indicates a hardware error. The red | |
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| alert condition is described in the health check display. | |
Boot/Ready | Yellow | The gateway is booting and is in a | |
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| Green | The boot process is complete and the gateway is in a | |
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| state of readiness. |
For complete information about the health check, event log, and system log, see
Nortel VPN Router Troubleshooting.