Hardware and Connectivity 32
Getting to Know Your IOLAN
Getting to Know Your IOLAN
This section describes the hardware components found on your IOLAN unit.
Overview
All IOLANs have the same basic hardware components to allow you to connect to serial devices,
connect to the network, monitor LAN and serial activity, and manage the unit. Below is a list of these
components:
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Serial Port(s)
—Connector(s) that will be used to connect to a serial device.
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Activity
—This LED blinks to indicate LAN activity. (For medical unit models, the LED is
indicated by the
symbol.)
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Link10/100
—This LED indicates the Ethernet connection speed for desktop models only:
–
Green
—10 Mbits
–
Amber
—100 Mbits
–
Off
—no LAN connection
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Link10/100/1000
—
(Rack Models support 1000 Mbps)
—This LED indicates the Ethernet
connection speed for rack mount
–
Green
—10/100 Mbits
–
Amber
—1000 Mbits
–
Off
—no LAN connection
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(W/ L /G Models) Link10/100/1000
—This LED indicates the Ethernet connection speed for
W/L/G models
–
Green
—1000 Mbits
–
Green/Amber
—100 Mbits
–
Amber
—10 Mbits
–
Off
—no LAN connection
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Power/Ready
—This LED can cycle through several colors (amber, green, red) during a boot
process, but should complete with a solid green light. The label of the LED, and whether or not
the LED blinks green after power depends on the IOLAN, as shown in the table below. You can
learn more about the Power/Ready LED in
.
IOLAN
Model
LED Label
Green light
Red light
Desktop
(DS/SDS)
Power/Ready
Solid — Indicates the
IOLAN has completed the
power up cycle.
Blinking during power up is
normal.
Blinking — After power
up, a steady blinking green
light indicates that the
console switch is in the
on
position.
Solid — Indicates the
IOLAN has a fatal error.
Blinking — After power up,
a blinking red means the
IOLAN has a critical error.
See
for
possible causes.
