System Status On Power-Up - Comtech EF Data Memotec NetPerformer SDM-8400 Hardware Installation Manual

NetPerformer SDM-8400 Hardware Installation Guide
3.3.3

System Status on Power-up

On power-up, the SDM-8400 executes hardware initialization, program decompression
and system test, which take less than one minute to complete. Follow the system status
from the console (see next section) or by watch the system status LEDs on the rear panel.
Table 3-1
NetPerformer power-up sequence after a power-on or software reset.
Stage
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
3-8
shows the various states that the system status LEDs go through during a normal
Some of the stages of the power-up sequence are very brief, and may be diffi-
NOTE:
cult to distinguish from the others using the system status LEDs. Refer also to
"System Status LEDs" on page
PWR ST AL
Green Blink Blink
Green Any Off
Green Any Green
Green Off Off
Green Amber Off
Green Amber Amber Boot sector running: decompressing the application
Green Off Off
Red
Green Green Off
Red
Table 3-1: System status LED states during normal power-up
If the LED does not light up or the
PWR
NOTE:
sequence, the unit may be faulty. Contact Technical Support for assistance
(see "Technical Support" on page
page 5-1.
4-3.
Current Status of the SDM-8400
Hardware self-test by the bootstrap. Blinking and fre-
quent changes of the STATUS and ALARM LEDs occur
during this stage.
Bootstrap running. ST LED indicates the console port
gender. Amber: auto-gender, Green: DCE, Red: DTE
Bootstrap self-test completed. ST LED indicates the
console port gender
Starting boot sector
Boot sector running: validating the application
Application has started from a power-on; no link is up
Application has started from a software reset; no link is
up
Application has started from a power-on; at least one
link is up
Application has started from a software reset; at least
one link is up
LED is red at the end of this
ST
1-6). See also "Troubleshooting" on
Memotec