E1 Card Status Lights - 3Com NBX 100 Administrator's Manual

E1 Card Status Lights

3 Scroll through the Member List to verify that all 30 channels are present.
Completing the E1 Configuration
To complete the E1 configuration, perform these steps:
1 On the Digital Line Cards tab, select ISDN PRI Channel List from the
Select Device Type list and click Apply.
2 Wait approximately 30 seconds for the status of each channel to change
from Ready to Idle. You can also watch the Nominal (3C10165C) or the
CO (3C10165D) status light on the E1 card front panel. When it stops
flashing and stays on, the board is active.
If the channel status does not change to Idle, verify that you have enabled
the On Line check box for the card and the span.
While you are waiting, you can click Apply to refresh the list of channels
and to see the updated status.
Verifying E1 Span Status
To verify the E1 span status:
1 On the Digital Line Cards tab, select ISDN PRI Span List from the Select
Device Type list and click Apply.
2 Select the span and click Status.
The 3C10165, 3C10165B, and 3C10165C E1 cards contains these status
lights:
CF — Carrier Fail (when lit, indicates either a red alarm or blue alarm)
RA — Remote Alarm (yellow alarm)
LB — Loopback
Nominal — E1 card is framed
The 3C10165D E1 card contains these status lights:
CO — Central Office:
Amber — Alarm condition at the remote end or the CO is not
connected or available.
Green — No alarm condition; the card has a valid connection to the
Central Office.
POST — Power On Self Test:
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