Director Blade Led Descriptions - HP A7990A - StorageWorks SAN Director 4/16 Blade Switch Hardware Reference Manual

Table 8 describes the Director blade LED patterns and the recommended actions for those patterns.
Table 8

Director blade LED descriptions

LED purpose
Power LED
Status LED
Port Status
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Color
Steady green
No light (LED is off)
No light (LED is off)
Steady amber
Slow-flashing amber (on
2 seconds, then off 2
seconds)
Fast-flashing amber (on
1/2 second, then off
1/2 second)
No light (LED is off)
Steady green
Slow-flashing green (on
1 second, then off 1
second)
Fast-flashing green (on
1/4 second, then off
1/4 second
Flickering green
Steady amber
Slow-flashing amber (on
2 seconds, then off 2
seconds)
Fast-flashing amber
(on 1/2 second, then
off 1/2 second)
Alternating
green/amber
Status
Blade has been enabled.
Blade has not been enabled.
Blade is either healthy or does
not have power.
Blade is faulty.
Blade is not seated correctly or is
faulty.
Environmental range exceeded.
Port has no incoming power, or
there is no light or signal carrier
detected.
Polling is in progress.
Connected device is configured
in an offline state.
Port is online (connected to an
external device) but has no
traffic.
Port is online but segmented,
indicating a loopback plug or
cable or an incompatible switch.
Port is in internal loopback
(diagnostic).
Port is online, with traffic flowing
through port.
Port is receiving light or signal
carrier, but it is not online yet.
Port is disabled due to diagnostic
tests or portDisable or
portCfgPersistentEnable
command.
Transceiver or port is faulty.
Port is bypassed
Recommended action
No action required.
Ensure blade is firmly seated.
Verify that the power LED is on.
Ensure blade is firmly seated and
check status with slotShow
command. If LED remains amber,
contact HP
Pull blade out and reseat it. If LED
continues to flash, replace blade.
Check for out-of-bounds
environmental condition and
correct it.
Verify that the power LED is on,
check the transceiver and cable.
Allow 60 seconds for polling to
complete.
Verify the status of the connected
device.
No action required.
Verify that the correct device is
attached to the DC Director.
No action required.
No action required.
Reset port from workstation using
the portEnable or
portCfgPersistentEnable
command.
Reset port from workstation using
the portEnable or
portCfgPersistentEnable
command.
Change transceiver or reset
switch from workstation.
Reset port from workstation using
the portEnable or
portCfgPersistentEnable
command.