Adapter Led States - IBM Power System Series Manual

• Two LED adapter status indicators per port, for link activity and speed
Cables
4-pair, CAT5e, UTP cables are connected to copper RJ45 connectors.
Attributes provided
• PCIe x4, generation-1 or generation-2
• 4-Port machine access code (MAC)
• High performance IPV4/IPV6 checksum offload
• Supports large send and large receive
• Multiple queues
• VIOS

Adapter LED states

The LEDs on the adapter provide information about the operation status of the adapter. The LEDs are
visible through the mounting bracket. Figure 3 on page 53 shows the location of the LEDs. Table 11 on
page 55 describes the different LED states and what those states indicate.
Table 11. Adapter LEDs and descriptions
LED
Speed
Activity/link
Operating system or partition requirements
If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is required to support the new
feature and that you determine whether any prerequisites must be met for this feature and attaching
devices. For information about operating system and partition requirements, see one of the following
topics:
• The latest version of enabling libraries and utilities can be downloaded from Fix Central (http://
www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/).
• Power Systems Prerequisites (http://www14.software.ibm.com/support/customercare/iprt/home).
• IBM SSIC (System Storage Interoperation Center) (http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/
ssic/interoperability.wss).
• The latest version of the device driver or IBM Power RAID adapter utilities (iprutils) can be downloaded
from the IBM Service and Productivity Tools website (http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/
set2/sas/f/lopdiags/home.html).
• For support details, see the Linux Alert website (http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/
lopdiags/info/LinuxAlerts.html).
Light
Yellow
Green
Green flashing
Off
Description
10 Mbps or 100 Mbps
1000 Mbps or 1 Gbps
Active link or data activity
No link
The absence of a link can indicate a defective cable,
defective connector, or a configuration mismatch.
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