Powering On the Router and Observing the Boot Process
Table 4-1
RP Alphanumeric LED Display Sequence Examples (continued)
1
LED Display
Meaning
PRI
The RP is enabled and is recognized as the system primary RP. A valid
RP
Cisco IOS image is running.
SEC
The RP is enabled and is recognized as the system secondary RP. A
RP
valid Cisco IOS image is running.
1. Some LED sequences may occur too quickly to view.
2. The version of MBus microcode running on your system might be different.
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Observe the status of the RP interfaces (see
for the PRP).
The LEDs on the RP show system status, the active flash memory card slot, the
Ethernet connection in use, and the status of the Ethernet interface.
PCMCIA flash memory card slot LEDs (labeled Slot-0 and Slot-1) are on
•
when the slot is accessed.
PRP—RJ-45 Ethernet port LEDs show the port activity:
•
LINK: Link activity
–
–
EN: port enabled
TX: data transmission
–
RX: data reception
–
GRP—RJ-45 and MII Ethernet LEDs identify which of the two Ethernet
•
connections is selected (only one port can be operational at a time). RJ-45
LEDs show port activity.
LINK: Link activity
–
COLL: Collision detection
–
TX: data transmission
–
RX: data reception
–
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Figure 4-2
for the GRP and
Source
RP Cisco IOS
software
RP Cisco IOS
software
Figure 4-3
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