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Status and Activity Indicators
SilkWorm 2400 Hardware Reference Manual 3-5
Initialization Steps Summary
At power-on or reset, the following steps are executed:
1
Preliminary POST diagnostics
2
VxWorks operating system initialization
3
Hardware initialization (resets, internal addresses assigned to ASICs, serial port
initialized, front panel initialized)
4
Full POST
5
Universal Port configuration.
6
Link initialization; receiver/transmitter negotiation to bring connected ports online
7
Fabric analysis; the switch checks for ports connected to other Fabric elements. If
there are other Fabric elements connected, it identifies the master switch.
8
Address assignment; after the master switch is identified, port addresses may be
assigned. Each switch tries to keep the same addresses that were previously used.
These are stored in the switch’s configuration flash PROM.
9
Routing table construction; after addresses are assigned, the unicast routing tables are
constructed.
10
Enable normal port operation.