2-18 Riverstone Networks RS 8000/8600 Switch Router Getting Started Guide
Hardware Overview
Introduction
Switch Fabric LEDs
The RS 8600 Switching Fabric module uses the following LEDs.
2.4.8
RS 8000/8600 Line Cards
The following section lists the line cards available for the RS 8000/8600. The line cards are equipped with 4 MB, 16
MB, or 32MB of RAM, and support a wide range of protocols and interfaces.
10/100Base-TX 8-Port Line Card
The 10/100Base-TX line card contains eight independent Ethernet ports. Each port senses whether it is connected to a
10-Mbps segment or a 100-Mbps segment and automatically configures itself as a 10Base-T or 100Base-TX port.
Figure 2-9
shows the front panel of the 10/100Base-TX line card.
Figure 2-9 Front panel of 10/100Base-TX line card
The following table lists the media specifications for the 10/100Base-TX line card.
Table 2-9
LED description for Switching Fabric
LED
Description
Offline
When lit, this amber LED indicates that the module is offline (powered
off) and is ready for hot swap.
The Offline LED also is lit briefly during a reboot or reset of the RS
and goes out as soon as the Control Module discovers and properly
initializes the switching fabric module.
Online
When lit, this green LED indicates that the module is online and is
ready to receive, process, and send packets if configured to do so.
Active
When lit, this LED indicates that the switching fabric module is
actively receiving, processing, and sending packets.
Hot
Swap
Online
Offline
8
7
6
5
4
3
2
1
10/100BASE-TX
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