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Brocade M5424 FC8 I/O Module, The Brocade M5424 I/O module includes eight external autosensing Fibre

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Table 1-21. Fibre Channel Pass-Through Indicators (continued) Indicator Type Pattern Description Fibre Channel Green off, amber Power off Port LEDs off with Qlogic mezzanine card Installed Green off, amber on Online, 1 Gb or 2 Gb link Green on, amber Online, 4 Gb link off Green off, amber I/O activity, 1 Gb or 2 Gb flashing Green flashing, I/O activity, 4 Gb amber off Green flashing and amber flashing at same time Loss of synchronization Green flashing Firmware error and amber flashing at different intervals Off/amber flashing (twice per second) Connection has lost synchronization. Brocade M5424 FC8 I/O Module The Brocade M5424 I/O module includes eight external autosensing Fibre Channel ports (four ports are enabled in the standard configuration and four additional ports may be enabled as an optional upgrade), 16 internal ports, and one serial port with an RJ-45 connector. The external Fibre Channel ports operate at 8 Gb/sec, 4 Gb/sec, or 2 Gb/sec. NOTE: CMC firmware version 1.3 is required to support FC8 mezzanine cards and I/O modules. NOTE: This Fibre Channel switch module includes Short Wave Small Form Factor Pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers. To ensure proper functionality, use only SFPs provided with this module. About Your System 85

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About Your System
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Brocade M5424 FC8 I/O Module
The Brocade M5424 I/O module includes eight external autosensing Fibre
Channel ports (four ports are enabled in the standard configuration and four
additional ports may be enabled as an optional upgrade), 16 internal ports,
and one serial port with an RJ-45 connector. The external Fibre Channel ports
operate at 8 Gb/sec, 4 Gb/sec, or 2 Gb/sec.
NOTE:
CMC firmware version 1.3 is required to support FC8 mezzanine cards and
I/O modules.
NOTE:
This Fibre Channel switch module includes Short Wave Small Form Factor
Pluggable (SFP) optical transceivers. To ensure proper functionality, use only SFPs
provided with this module.
Fibre Channel
Port LEDs
with Qlogic
mezzanine
card Installed
Green off, amber
off
Power off
Green off, amber
on
Online, 1 Gb or 2 Gb link
Green on, amber
off
Online, 4 Gb link
Green off, amber
flashing
I/O activity, 1 Gb or 2 Gb
Green flashing,
amber off
I/O activity, 4 Gb
Green flashing
and amber
flashing at same
time
Loss of synchronization
Green flashing
and amber
flashing at
different intervals
Firmware error
Off/amber
flashing (twice
per second)
Connection has lost synchronization.
Table 1-21.
Fibre Channel Pass-Through Indicators
(continued)
Indicator Type
Pattern
Description