HP StorageWorks 8/80 HP StorageWorks 8Gb SAN Switch hardware reference manual - Page 52

LED name, LED color, Status of hardware, Recommended action, Flickering green

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LED name Ethernet speed Ethernet link Port status LED color Flashing amber/ green No light Steady green No light Steady amber Flashing amber/no light No light Slow flashing green (flashing in 2-second intervals) Fast flashing green (flashing in half-second intervals) Flickering green (steady with random flashes) Steady green Slow flashing amber (flashing in 2-second intervals) Fast flashing amber (flashing in half-second intervals) Steady amber (for more than 5 seconds) Status of hardware Recommended action Attention is required. A number of variables can cause this status, including a single power supply failure, a fan failure, or exceeding one or more environmental ranges. Check the management interface and the error log for details on the cause of the status. Contact your switch service provider. Port speed is 10 Mb/sec. No action required. Port speed is 100 Mb/sec. No action required. There is no link. Verify that the Ethernet cable is connected correctly. There is a link. No action required. There is link activity (traffic). No action required. No signal or light carrier (media or cable) detected. Port is online but segmented because of a loopback cable or incompatible switch connection. Check transceiver and cable. No action required. Port is online and an internal loopback diagnostic test is running. No action required. Port is online and frames are flowing through the port. No action required. Port is online, but has no traffic. No action required. Port is disabled (because of diagnostics or the portDisable command). Verify that the diagnostic tests are not running. Re-enable the port using the portEnable command. Port is faulty. Check the management interface and the error log for details on the cause of status. Contact your switch service provider. Port is receiving light or signal carrier at 4 Gbps, but is not yet online. No action required. 52 Operating the 8Gb SAN Switch

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LED name
LED color
Status of hardware
Recommended action
Flashing amber/
green
Attention is required. A number
of variables can cause this
status, including a single power
supply failure, a fan failure,
or exceeding one or more
environmental ranges.
Check the management interface
and the error log for details on the
cause of the status. Contact your
switch service provider.
No light
Port speed is 10 Mb/sec.
No action required.
Ethernet
speed
Steady green
Port speed is 100 Mb/sec.
No action required.
No light
There is no link.
Verify that the Ethernet cable is
connected correctly.
Steady amber
There is a link.
No action required.
Ethernet link
Flashing amber/no
light
There is link activity (traf
c).
No action required.
No light
No signal or light carrier
(media or cable) detected.
Check transceiver and cable.
Slow
ashing
green (
ashing in
2-second intervals)
Port is online but segmented
because of a loopback
cable or incompatible switch
connection.
No action required.
Fast
ashing
green (
ashing
in half-second
intervals)
Port is online and an internal
loopback diagnostic test is
running.
No action required.
Flickering green
(steady with
random
ashes)
Port is online and frames are
owing through the port.
No action required.
Steady green
Port is online, but has no traf
c.
No action required.
Slow
ashing
amber (
ashing in
2-second intervals)
Port is disabled (because
of diagnostics or the
portDisable
command).
Verify that the diagnostic tests
are not running. Re-enable the
port using the
portEnable
command.
Fast
ashing
amber (
ashing
in half-second
intervals)
Port is faulty.
Check the management interface
and the error log for details on
the cause of status. Contact your
switch service provider.
Port status
Steady amber
(for more than 5
seconds)
Port is receiving light or signal
carrier at 4 Gbps, but is not
yet online.
No action required.
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