Port Or Application Blades - IBM SAN768B Installation, Service And User Manual

Table 11. FR4-18i router blade LED patterns during normal operation (continued)
LED name,
location Color of LED
Fiber Status No light
Channel Port
Status 7
GbE Port Status
LEDs 12
Steady green
Slow-flashing
green (on 1
second; then off
1 second)
Fast-flashing
green (on 1/4
second; then off
1/4 second)
Flickering green
Steady amber
Slow-flashing
amber (on 2
seconds; then off
2 seconds)
Fast-flashing
amber (on 1/2
second; then off
1/2 second)

Port or application blades

To determine the status of a port or application blade:
1. Check the LEDs on the blade.
2. The LED patterns may temporarily change during POST and other diagnostic
3. Check the blade status by typing slotShow.
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Status of hardware
Indicates one of the
following:
v No signal or light carrier
(media or cable) detected.
v Blade may be currently
initializing.
v Connected device is
configured in an offline
state.
Port is online (connected to
external device) but has no
traffic.
Port is online but segmented
because of a loopback cable
or incompatible switch
connection.
Port is online and an internal
loopback diagnostic test is
running.
Port is online and frames are
flowing through the port.
Port is receiving light or
signal carrier, but it is not
online yet.
Port is disabled because of
diagnostics or the
portDisable or
portCfgPersistentDisable
commands.
SFP or port is faulty.
v Figure 14 on page 41 illustrates the FC8-16 port blade.
v Figure 15 on page 42 illustrates the FC8-32 port blade.
v Figure 16 on page 43 illustrates the FC8-48 port blade.
v Figure 17 on page 44 illustrates the FC10-6 port blade.
v Figure 13 on page 38 illustrates the FR4-18i routing blade.
tests. For information about how to interpret the LED patterns, see Table 12 on
page 45.
Action
Perform the following steps:
v Verify the power LED is on, and check the
SFP and cable.
v Verify the blade is not currently being
initialized.
v Verify the status of the connected device.
No action required.
Verify that the correct device is attached to the
blade.
No action required.
No action required.
No action required.
Reset the port.
Note: The portCfgPersistentDisable
command is persistent across reboots in the
Fabric OS v6.0.0.
Perform the following steps:
v Replace the SFP
v Reset the port.