Port Led Patterns; Port Led Patterns During Normal Operation - HP AA979A - StorageWorks SAN Switch 2/8V Installation Manual

Port LED patterns

Each port has two LEDs: a port speed and a port status indicator.
location, color, and meaning for these port LEDs.
Table 14

Port LED patterns during normal operation

LED name, LED color
location
Port Status No light
Below ports on
left
Steady green
Slow-flashing
green
(on 1 second,
off 1 second)
Fast-flashing
green
(on 1/4 second,
off 1/4 second)
Flickering green Port is online with traffic
Steady amber
Slow-flashing
amber
(on 1 second,
off 1 second)
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Status of hardware
No light or signal carrier
(transceiver or cable) detected.
Port is online (connected to
external device) but has no
traffic.
Port is online but segmented,
indicating a loopback cable or
incompatible switch.
Port is in internal loopback
(diagnostic).
flowing through port.
Port is receiving light or signal
carrier, but is not yet online.
Port is disabled as the result of
diagnostics or portDisable
command.
If all ports are slow-flashing
amber, the switch could be
disabled.
Table 14 shows the LED
Recommended action
Check transceiver and cable.
No action required.
Verify that the correct device is
connected to port and that the
switch and port settings are
correct.
No action required.
No action required.
No action required.
Enable the port: use the
portEnable command.
If all ports are slow-flashing
amber, enable the switch
(switchEnable command).