Chapter 6 Complete the Installation
Related references
8 Gb/s Fiber Channel (FC) HBA LED Status
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10 Gb/s Ethernet HBA LED Status
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8 Gb/s Fiber Channel (FC) HBA LED Status
Table 24 8 Gb/s FC HBA LED status
LED identifier and color
8 (top LED)
4 (middle
LED)
2 (bottom
LED)
Note: All three LEDs are turned on and blinking when power is applied to the HBA
and after the firmware initialization for the 8 Gb/s FC HBA.
Note: All three LEDs are turned on solid when power is applied to the HBA and
before the firmware initialization for the 8 Gb/s FC HBA.
Note: All three LEDs blinking alternately indicates a firmware error for the 8 Gb/s
FC HBA.
Note: The blinking of the 8 Gb/s LED and the 2 Gb/s LED indicates that the LED is
a beacon.
Verify the Back Status LEDs
Note: Use a wet finger to check if the Brick power supply fans are
spinning. Some fan models have curved supports so that it look like
the fan blades are not spinning.
Yellow
Off
Note: In a normal operating optimized port, the speed should be 8
Gb/s.
Green
Off
Amber
Off
Meaning
Link is operating at 8 Gb/s, blinking with I/O
activity.
Link is not operating at 8 Gb/s.
Link is operating at 4 Gb/s, blinking with I/O
activity.
Link is not operating at 4 Gb/s.
Link is operating at 2 Gb/s, blinking with I/O
activity.
Link is not operating at 2 Gb/s.
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