53-1004105-13 Hardware Installation Guide
Brocade X6-8 Director
Hardware Installation Guide
LED Purpose
Color
Status
Recommended Action
Slow-flashing amber (on 2 seconds,
then off 2 seconds)
CP blade is not seated correctly or
is faulty.
Pull the blade out and reseat it. If
the LED continues to flash, replace
the blade.
Fast-flashing amber (on 1/2 second,
then off 1/2 second)
Environmental range exceeded.
Check for out-of-bounds
environmental condition and correct
it.
Beacon
Steady white
LED illuminates white on both CP
blades when
chassisbeacon
1
is issued from management
interface to locate chassis
in equipment racks. To turn
off beaconing, issue the
chassisbeacon 0
.
No action required.
Steady blue
Active CP blade.
No action required.
Active CP
No light (LED is off)
CP blade is either booting,
negotiating to be active, or is the
standby CP blade.
No action required.
The following table describes how link activity and 10/100/1000Mb/s link speed are indicated by status and activity LED
operation on the MGMT and SERVICE Ethernet Ports on the CP blade.
NOTE
To force a persistent Ethernet link speed, enter the
ifModeSet
command.
Table 17: LED Descriptions for 10/100/1000Mb/s Ethernet Ports
LED
*Inactive link
10 Mb/s
100 Mb/s
1000 Mb/s
Ethernet link status
(10/100/1000Mb/s port)
No light (LED is off)
Blinking green
Blinking green
No light (LED is off)
Ethernet link activity
(10/100/1000Mb/s port)
No light (LED is off)
No light (LED is off)
Blinking green
Blinking green
NOTE
*If LEDs indicate an inactive link, ensure that the blade has power, the Ethernet cable is firmly seated, and the
connected device is functioning.
Interpreting WWN Card LEDs
See the following figure and table to interpret the LED patterns of installed WWN cards. LEDs for WWN card 1 and WWN
card 2 are located on the WWN card (logo) bezel between the power supplies on the nonport side of the device. The LED
patterns may temporarily change during POST and other diagnostic tests.
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