F5 8900, Platform Manual

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SFP port LED behavior
The appearance and behavior of the SFP optic interface LEDs indicate network traffic activity, interface
speed, and interface duplexity.
Activity LED Speed LED Link
Not lit Not lit No link
Yellow solid Yellow blinking 10 Mbit/s, half duplex
Green blinking Yellow blinking 10 Mbit/s, full duplex
Yellow blinking Yellow solid 100 Mbit/s, half duplex
Green blinking Yellow solid 100 Mbit/s, full duplex
Yellow blinking Green solid 1 Gbit/s, half duplex
Green blinking Green solid 1 Gbit/s, full duplex
Transceiver module specifications
For current specification information for optical transceivers that are supported by this platform, see F5
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Platforms: Accessories .
Cable pinout specifications
The following pinouts describe how specified connectors are wired. Pinouts are helpful when building and
testing connectors, cables, and adapters.
RJ-45 connector pinouts for the console port
This table lists the pinouts for the RJ-45 console (upper) port.
Name Pin number
RTS 1
DTR 2
TX 3
GND 4
GND 5
RX 6
DSR (no connect) 7
CTS 8
RJ-45 connector pinouts for the failover port
This table lists the pinouts for the RJ-45 failover (lower) port.
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