Chapter 4: Troubleshooting
LED Color
State
Off
Power off.
Blinking. Hardware
failure has occurred.
Red
Solid. Resetting,
normal power up
reset.
CPU
Blinking. Crippled.
Amber
Solid. Testing.
Green
Solid. Functional.
Amber
Booting. Blinks amber
and
and green while
Green
booting.
No link. No activity or
Off
port in standby. Port
enabled or disabled.
Solid. Port enabled,
link, no activity.
Green
RX
Blinking. Port
disabled, link.
Flashing. Port
Amber
enabled, link, activity.
Red
Diagnostic failure.
Port enabled, and no
Off
activity.
Flashing. Indicates
Green
activity. Rate
indicates data rate.
TX
Blinking. Port in
Amber
standby, link.
Flashing. Indicates
collision rate.
Red
Solid. Diagnostic
failure.
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Table 4-1 LANVIEW LEDs
Explanation or Recommended Action
Power up chassis.
Contact Cabletron Systems Global Call
Center (GCC).
No action.
Contact Cabletron Systems Global Call
Center.
No action.
No action.
No action.
No error.
No error.
No error.
No error.
Contact Cabletron Systems GCC for
assistance.
Should flash green every 2 seconds
indicating BPDUs being sent if STA is
enabled and there is a valid link.
No action.
Port may be disabled due to Spanning
Tree.
No action.
Contact Cabletron Systems GCC for
assistance.
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