Console Port; Expansion Module Leds - HP ProCurve 2910al Series Installation And Getting Started Manual

Console Port

This port is used to connect a console to the switch by using the RJ-45 to DB9
cable, supplied with the switch. This connection is described under "Connect
a Console to the Switch" in chapter 2, "Installing the Switch." The console can
be a PC or workstation running a VT-100 terminal emulator, or a VT-100
terminal.

Expansion Module LEDs

"Expansion Module" LEDs refer to the LEDs specific to the expansion module.
These LEDs are located on the physical expansion module bulkhead. These
LEDs are only viewable in the rear of the Switch 2910al-48G product on the
Expansion Slot Module itself.
Table 1-3.
Name Color
Expansion Module LEDs per module
Module Green/
Status Orange
Expansion Module LEDs per port
Link Green/
Orange
Mode Green
1
The blinking behavior is an on/off cycle once every 1.6 seconds, approximately.
Expansion module LEDs operate in modes for Link and Mode. FDx and Spd modes
have no meaning for the 10-GbE ports on the expansion module.
Expansion Module LEDs
Mode Description
On green Expansion module is plugged into expansion slot and operating correctly
Off Expansion module's power has been turned OFF, and the card can be
removed from the box if necessary.
Blinking Expansion module is plugged into expansion slot but has experienced a
orange fault. Flashes simultaneously with the Fault LED.
On green Indicates that the port LEDs are displaying link information:
• if the port LED is on, the port is enabled and receiving a link indication
from the connected device.
• if the port LED is off, the port has no active network cable connected,
Off
or is not receiving link beat or sufficient light. Otherwise, the port may
have been disabled through the switch console, the web browser
interface, or ProCurve Manager.
Blinking
• if the port LED is blinking
orange
corresponding port has experienced a hardware failure or has failed
its self test.
On The operation of the Mode LED is controlled by the LED Mode select
button, and the current setting is indicated by the LED Mode indicator
LEDs near the button. Press the button to step from one view mode to the
next. The default view is Activity (Act). See
Introducing the Switch
Front of the Switch
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simultaneously with the Fault LED, the
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