Port Leds And Modes - Cisco Catalyst 2960-L Series Hardware Installation Manual

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Port LEDs and Modes

The port and module slots each has a port LED. As a group or individually, the LEDs display information
about the switch and about the individual ports.
Table 4: Port Mode LEDs
LED
STAT
SPEED
PoE
To select or change a mode, press the Mode button until the desired mode is highlighted. When you change
port modes, the meanings of the port LED colors also change.
Table 5: Meanings of LED Colors in Different Modes
LED
STAT
SPEED
Port Mode
Port status
Port speed
PoE port power
Port Mode Color
Port status Off
Green
Blinking green
Alternating green
amber
Amber
Blinking amber
Port speed Off
Green
Blinking green
Cisco Catalyst 2960-L Series 8-Port and 16-Port Switch Hardware Installation Guide
Description
The port status. This is the default mode.
The port operating speed: 10, 100, or 1000
Mb/s.
The PoE status.
Description
No link or port is administratively shut down.
Link is present.
Activity. Port is sending or receiving data.
Link fault. Error frames can affect connectivity, and errors
such as excessive collisions, CRC errors, and alignment errors
are monitored for link faults.
Port is blocked by Spanning Tree Protocol (STP) and is not
forwarding data. After a port is reconfigured, the port LED
is amber for up to 30 seconds as STP searches for loops.
Port is blocked by STP and is not sending data.
Port is operating at 10 Mb/s.
Port is operating at 100 Mb/s.
Port is operating at 1000 Mb/s.
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