Fast Ethernet LEDs

In addition to the Enabled LED, a fast Ethernet port adapter has two other LEDs, an MII LED and either an RJ-45 LED or a fiber LED. Of these two, the one that is lit in the CiscoView interface indicates which connector is configured as the active Ethernet port.

Note: If the FE card is shut down (in the shutdown state), the physical LED on the card does not change to reflect active status until the no shutdown command has been used to change the card to an active state.


Enabled LED

When the Enabled LED is lit, it means the card

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LEDs for BRI Ports

A BRI port on a PA-4B-U or PA-8B-S/T port adapter has two LEDs, one for each of the B channels.

Green

Active

Black

Any other state

 


PHY LEDs

If one port on an FDDI station shuts down or fails, the other port automatically "wraps" the signal back to the station to which it is connected so as to complete the transmission around the ring in the other direction.

There are two PHY LEDs on an FDDI card, one for port A and one for port B.

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PA-4R-DTR LEDs

There are four additional LEDs on the PA-4R-DTR:

LED

Meaning if lit (Green)

INS

Interface is inserted into the ring or connected to another full-duplex token ring station.

4/16 Mbps

Interface is operating at 16 Megabits per second. If not lit, the interface is operating at 4 Megabits per second.


CPA-LEDs

There are four additional LEDs on the ECPA and PCPA:

LED

Meaning if lit (Green)

Present

The presence of the channel path interface type. For ECPA, when this LED is lit it indicates the presence of an ESCON Channel Port Adapter. For PCPA, when this LED is lit it indicates the presence of a Parallel Channel Port Adapter (bus and tag).

Loaded

The microcode for the daughterboard has been successfully loaded and is executing.

Signal

Light has been seen on the fiber and synchronization has been established. (ECPA)
Operational out has been sensed. (PCPA).

Online

A path has been established with at least one channel. (ECPA)
PCA is online to the channel and it will response to at least one device address. (PCPA)