Brocade Communications Systems SilkWorm 3800 Hardware Reference Manual page 31

Table 3-1
LED Name,
Location
Port Status
LED
Above each
port, on left
Above each
port, on right
SilkWorm 3800 Hardware Reference
Port Side LED Patterns During Normal Operation (Continued)
Color of LED Status of Hardware
No light No light or signal carrier
(transceiver or cable)
detected.
Steady green Port is online (connected to
external device) but has no
traffic.
Slow-flashing Port is online but segmented,
green indicating a loopback cable
(on 1 second; or incompatible switch.
off 1 second)
Fast-flashing Port is in internal loopback
green (diagnostic).
(on 1/4 second;
off 1/4 second)
Flickering green Port is online, with traffic
flowing through port.
Steady orange Port is receiving light or
signal carrier, but is not yet
online.
Slow-flashing Port is disabled
orange (result of diagnostics or
(on 1 second; portDisable command).
off 1 second)
If all ports are slow-flashing
orange, the switch may be
disabled.
Fast-flashing Port is faulty.
orange
(on 1/4 second;
off 1/4 second)
Alternating Port is bypassed.
green and
orange
No light Port is transmitting/receiving
at 1 Gbit/sec.
Steady green Port is transmitting/receiving
at 2 Gbit/sec.
Operating the SilkWorm 3800
Recommended Action
Check transceiver and cable.
No action required.
Verify correct device is
connected to port, and switch and
port settings are correct.
No action required.
No action required.
No action required.
Enable port (can use
PortEnable command; refer
to Brocade Fabric OS Reference
for more information).
If all ports are slow-flashing
orange, enable the switch
(switchenable command).
1. Check Port Status LEDs, error
log, transceiver, and cable or
loopback plug.
2. Clear error log.
3. Rerun diagnostics to verify
error condition is fixed.
Check configuration of fibre
channel loop.
No action required.
No action required.
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