Rev 1.1
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Basic Operation
3.1
Switch Platform Hardware Overview
Figure 3 shows the power side panel view of the switch. The figure shows the hot-swap power
supply locations and the hot-swap fan modules, and an I2C banana connector.
The figure also shows the connector side panel views of the internally managed switch. The fig-
ure shows port configurations for the switch systems. Managed systems have 2 – Ethernet RJ-45
connectors for management, 1 – RJ-45 connector for connecting to a host PC, 1 – USB connec-
tor. All switches have various status LEDs for on site switch status information.
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UID
RST
3.2
Status LEDs
3.2.1
System Status Indicators
The System Status Indicators are located to the left of the connectors on the connector side panel,
and on the power side at the far right. Both of these LEDs give identical information.
Green – OK
Yellow – a fault in the
system
Red – Major Fault or
Fatal Error
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Figure 3: QSFP Switch System Power and Connector Side Panels
OK
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Figure 4: System Status Indicators
Power side
status LED
OK
!
Power Side Panel
Connector Side Panel
Led Color shows the
switch status
OK
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PS
UID
RST
Connector side
status LED
Basic Operation
OK
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