Determining The Status Of A Control Processor Blade (Cp8) - Dell PowerConnect B-DCX-4S Backbone Hardware Reference Manual

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Determining the status of a control processor blade (CP8)

TABLE 4
LED purpose
10GbE Port
Status
(FCOE10-24)
For more information on the CEE Management Shell (cmsh), see the Fabric OS Command
Reference Manual or the Converged Enhanced Ethernet Command Reference.

Determining the status of a control processor blade (CP8)

1. Check the LED indicators on the CP blade
2. Check the port blade status by entering slotShow and haShow.
Figure 14
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Port, application, and encryption blade LED descriptions (Continued)
Color
No light (LED is off)
Steady green
Flickering green
Steady amber
Slow-flashing amber (on 2
seconds, then off 2
seconds)
Fast-flashing amber
(on 1/4 second, then
off 1/4 second)
change during POST and other diagnostic tests. For information about how to interpret the LED
patterns, see Table 5.
identifies the CP8 blade.
Status
Port is offline.
Port is online but has no traffic.
Port is online, with traffic
flowing through port.
Port is receiving light but it is
not online yet.
Port is disabled.
Transceiver or port is faulty.
(Figure 14). The LED patterns may temporarily
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Recommended action
Verify that the power LED is on,
check the transceiver and
cable.
No action required.
No action required.
Reset the port by doing a
"shutdown" and "no shutdown"
sequence from a cmsh session.
Enable the port by using the "no
shutdown" command from a
cmsh session.
Change the transceiver or reset
the port by doing a "shutdown"
and "no shutdown" sequence
from a cmsh session.
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