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Chapter 6. Information panels, LEDs, and external ports
This chapter describes the information panels and LEDs on the switch module and
identifies the external ports on the information panels.
Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
Information panel
The front panel of the switch module contains information LEDs, three SFP+
module port connectors, one RS-232 serial port connector, and six Ethernet port
connectors, as shown in the following illustration.
The switch-module information panel contains the following components:
v LEDs that display the following information:
v Three SFP+ port connectors to attach SFP+ modules. These connectors are
v One RS-232 serial port connector for console port use (management purposes)
v Six RJ-45 Ethernet port connectors. Do not attach any devices to these
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– The status of the switch module and its network connection
– The status of the external connections to the switch module
For further details about LEDs, see "Information LEDs" on page 22.
identified as ports EXT1 through EXT3 in the I/O-module configuration menus
and are labeled 1 through 3 (from top to bottom) on the switch module.
only. Do not attach any devices to this connector other than the serial cable that
comes with the switch module, as described in Chapter 4, "Cabling the switch
module and the SFP+ module," on page 15.
connectors other than a compatible cable. These connectors are identified as
ports EXT4 through EXT9 in the I/O-module configuration menus and are labeled
4 through 9 on the switch module.
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