Installation and Reference for the BayStack 60-12T/60-24T 10/100 Ethernet Hubs

Verifying Port Status

You can check the status of each cable connection by viewing the port status indicators shown in Figure 3-2 and described in Table 3-3.

60-24T Hub

60-12T Hub

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60-24T Hu

 

 

 

 

1

3

5

7

9

11

13

15

17

19

21

23

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/100 Link/Activity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partition

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

10/100 Link/Activity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Partition

 

 

1

4

6

8

10

12

14

16

18

20

22

24

 

 

 

 

24

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

60-12T Hu

12

1 3 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

10/100 Link/Activity

Partition

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Figure 3-2. Port Status LEDs

Table 3-3 describes the light and color indications of port status LEDs.

Table 3-3. Port Status LED Descriptions

LED

State

Indication

 

 

 

Power

On (green)

The hub is receiving power.

Collision

Flashing (yellow)

A packet collision occurred in the 10/100 Mb/s domain.

Activity

Flashing (green)

The port is receiving 10/100 Mb/s traffic.

Partition

On (yellow)

The port has been partitioned from the network.

Link 10/100M

On (green)

The port has established a valid 100 Mb/s network connection.

 

On (yellow)

The port has established a valid 10 Mb/s network connection.

 

 

 

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Nortel Networks 60-24T, 60-12T manual Verifying Port Status, Port Status LED Descriptions, State Indication

60-12T, 60-24T specifications

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