Hardware Check; Linkup 0 Led; Slot Leds - Magma EB7-X8G2 User Manual

Hardware Check

Once the host computer has booted all the way up, next is to check inside the expansion unit and verify that all LEDs are
correctly illuminated. A fully operational expansion chassis will show the following LEDs lit on the backplane, Expansion
Interface cards and the back of the unit.
1. LINKUP 0 LED is lot
2. Slot LEDs: 7 solid orange LEDs when no cards are installed). It should be OFF if slots are populated with cards
3. Expansion interfafe card LED: 5 solid green LEDs
4. Hot Plug LED next to Hot Plug buttons, should be all OFF unless the slots are populated with cards.
5. MASTER RST LED (D1217) and Power LED (D1221) should be OFF once the computer has established link with the
expansion unit.

LINKUP 0 LED

Once your computer started all the way up, you will see LINKUP lights appear on the back of the chassis near the iPass
connector. The LinkUP 0 LED should be ON, solid green. 0 – Connection between host and chassis has been established.
Linkup 0 represents the EIF card connected "uplink" with the host's HIF. The Linkup LEDs represent only an initial
connection/handshake between the chassis and host PC. A successful linkup doesn't represent transfer or exchange of
data. .

SLOT LEDS

You should see 7 LEDs that are illuminated as "orange" or "amber" behid the slots. This represents that there no cards
installed in the corresponding slot. As shown from the picture below, all 7 slots are not populated with PCIe cards and
the corresponding LEDs are illuminated as orange / amber.
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