Port Connector Led Assignment; Air Flow; Sfp+ Cable Power Budget Classification; Figure 6: Led To Port Assignment - Mellanox Technologies SwitchX MSX1016X-2BFR Hardware User Manual

Rev 1.2
3.1.2

Port Connector LED Assignment

Between the top two ports is a row of LEDs. The left LED is for the top port in the column, the
middle LED is for the center port in the column and the right LED is for the bottom port in the
column. Some versions of this switch have a fourth LED. When there are four LEDs, the second
from the left will be disabled.
Table 6 - Port Connector Physical and Logical Link Indications
LED Configuration
Off
Solid Green
Flashing Green
Flashing Orange
This LED when flashing orange shows port physical errors. Possible causes for this are:
• bad cable
• bad connection
• bad connector
• bad cage
3.2

Air Flow

These switches can come with two air flow patterns. The two patterns are:
• power supply side inlet to connector side outlet
• connector side inlet to power supply side outlet
The air flow is specified in the product model number. See "Mellanox Part Numbering Legend"
on page 9.
3.3

SFP+ Cable Power Budget Classification

This switch is designed for active cables with a max power per module of 1.0W.
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Figure 6: LED to Port Assignment

UID
RST
LED Description
Physical link down / Default
Physical link up no traffic
Physical link up with traffic
Physical errors
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