F5 ARX-2000, Hardware Reference Manual

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Chapter 4
Switch Hardware and Functionality
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Table 4.26 describes the LED colors and blinking patterns that occur during
various operational states, such as booting, diagnostics, and so on.
External Interfaces
External interfaces (all ARX models/platforms):
• ARX-500 external interfaces
The ARX-500 supports Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet throughput
and provides 100/1000 BASE-T external ports for connectivity to
network infrastructure, NAS devices, and file servers with DAS.
D Power Supply 2
• Green. Power on.
• Red. Fault detected. When a fault is indicated, go
to the back of the data plane to the corresponding
power supply (PS 2, which is the power supply on
the left). Examine the 3 LEDS on the power
supply unit to gather additional information.
To assist in troubleshooting, consult Table 4.28 for
a description of the power supply LEDS and states,
E PCI-E Cable
Link Status
• Green. Link established.
• Amber. Link faulted.
F NVRAM
• Yellow. In battery backup mode.
• Off. Not in battery backup mode.
Table 4.26 ARX-4000 Operational States and LED Patterns
Alarm Status Module State
Off Green Online.
Red Green (Blinking) Failed or powering down.
Off Yellow (Blinking) Powering up and running all POST tests.
Off Yellow Online partial. At least one processor is online,
at least one is not online yet.
If the offline processor does not come up in 5
minutes, this changes to Failed Partial.
Red Yellow Failed Partial: at least one processor is online;
but at least one other processor failed.
(Off) (Off) Power failure.
Table 4.25 ARX-4000 Data Plane LED Functions (Continued)
Callout LED Function