Table 13 1606 Extension SAN Switch port side LED patterns (continued)
Verify that the system is on and has
completed booting.
System is off or there is no power.
No light
System status
No action required.
System is on and functioning
properly.
Steady green
Perform the following steps:
System is in an unknown state,
boot failed, or system is faulty.
NOTE:
This LED displays
steady amber during POST. This
is normal and does not indicate a
fault.
Steady amber (for
more than five
seconds)
1.
Connect a serial cable to the
system.
2.
Reboot the system.
3.
Check the failure indicated on the
system console.
4.
Contact your switch service
provider.
Check the management interface and
the error log for details on the cause
Attention is required. There are
several possible causes, including
Flashing amber/green
of the status. Contact your switch
service provider.
a power supply failure, fan failure,
or one or more environmental
ranges being exceeded.
Verify that the Ethernet cable is
connected properly.
There is no link.
No light
Ethernet link
No action required.
There is a link.
Steady green
No action required.
There is no link activity.
No light
Ethernet
status/activity
No action required.
There is link activity (traffic).
Flashing green
Verify that the power LED is on.
Verify the SFP and cable.
Indicates one of the following:
No light
FC port status
•
No signal or light carrier
(media or cable) is detected.
Verify that the device is not initializing.
•
Device may be initializing.
Verify the status of the connected
device.
•
Connected device is
configured in an offline state.
No action required.
Port is online (connected to
external device) but has no traffic.
Steady green
Verify that the correct device is
attached to the switch.
Port is online but segmented
because of a loopback cable or
Slow-flashing green
(on 1 second; then off
1 second)
an incompatible switch
connection.
No action required.
Port is online and an internal
loopback diagnostic test is
running.
Fast-flashing green (on
1/4 second; then off
1/4 second)
No action required.
Port is online and frames are
flowing through the port.
Flickering green
No action required.
Port is receiving light or signal
carrier, but is not yet online.
Steady amber
Reset the port.
The
portcfgpersistentdisable
command is persistent across
reboots.
Port is disabled because of
diagnostics or the
portdisable
command.
Slow-flashing amber
(on 2 seconds; then off
2 seconds)
Reset the port.
Replace the SFP. with an HPE SFP.
SFP or port is faulty.
Fast-flashing amber
(on 1/2 second, then
off 1/2 second)
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