Chapter 5 Monitoring and Maintenance
Monitoring
LED
You can observe the LED to monitor the AP in operation.
Blinking green: The AP is being initialized.
Blinking red: The AP completes initialization but has no Ethernet activity.
Blinking blue: The AP completes initialization and is establishing a CAPWAP connection with the AC.
Blinking orange: The AP is upgrading programs firmware. Do not power off.
Solid blue: The AP is in normal operation. The CAPWAP connection is OK. No wireless clients are associated with
the AP.
Breathing blue (16 cycles/min): The AP is in normal operation. The CAPWAP connection is OK. A wireless client is
associated with the AP.
Solid red: The AP is warning.
Double blinking red: The AP is being located.
Off: The AP is not receiving power or in Do Not Disturb mode, which can be disabled with software.
CLI Commands
You can run related commands on the command line interface (CLI) on the AC to remotely monitor the configurations and
status of the AP.
You can login in to the AP via Telnet and use monitoring related commands to maintain the AP.
Remote Maintenance
If the AP operates as a Fat AP, you can login in to the AP remotely for maintenance.
If the AP operates as a Fit AP, you can use AC to centrally manage and maintain the AP.
Hardware Maintenance
If the hardware is faulty, please contact our Technical Assisstance Center (TAC) for help.
