User`s guide

3-3
9C306 System Monitor Operation
The STATUS LED indicates the current status of the System Monitor processor
and peripherals. The possible states and descriptions of the STATUS LED are
listed in Table 3-3.
Out-of-Band Management
Out-of-band management refers to managing the system via a Local Management
(LM) connection or an SNMP-based management application which does not use
the same network connection to the chassis as Òuser data.Ó
The 9C306 System Monitor provides three out-of-band management interfaces for
managing the SmartSwitch 9000 system. These interfaces are listed below:
¥ Two serial communication ports, COM1 and COM2
¥ One standard Cabletron Systems EPIM interface
Table 3-3. STATUS LED
LED Color State Description
Green Functional Fully operational.
Yellow/Green Booting Flashes green and yellow while booting.
Yellow Testing Testing system.
Yellow (Flashing) Crippled Not fully operational.
Red Reset Normal power-up reset.
Red (Flashing) Failed Fatal error has occurred.
Off Power off Lack of 5-volt input to the System Monitor.