Setup Guide

Table Of Contents

1. FC port 0 status LED 2. FC port 17 status LED

3. FC port 24 status LED 4. Module power status LED

5. Module identification LED

Table 1. Port-side LEDs

LED Description

Module power and status LED

● Solid green—The switch is working correctly.

● Blinking amber—The switch is working incorrectly. The

temperature may be too high, a software error has

occurred, or another error is discovered.

● Off—There is no power supplied to the FC switch module.

Reseat the module and ensure that the chassis power is on

and it has adequate power for the I/O module.

Module identification LED

● Off—Module is not identified.

● Blinking blue—Module is being identified.

FC port status LED

● Both off—No light or signal carrier—no module, no cable

—for the media interface

● Solid amber—Receiving light or signal carrier, but not yet

online

● Slow flashing amber, 2-second intervals—Disabled; results

of diagnostics or the portdisable command.

● Fast flashing amber, 1/2-second intervals—Error occurred,

fault with port.

● Solid green—Online; connected with external device over

cable

● Slow flashing green, 2-second intervals—Online but

segmented; Loopback cable or incompatible switch.

● Fast flashing green, 1/2-second intervals—Internal

loopback, diagnostic.

● Flickering green—Online and frames flowing through the

port.

Static IP addresses

Dell EMC recommends configuring the switch module through the Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise — Modular (OME-M)

graphical user interface (GUI). Use this management GUI to configure the switch IP address, host name, and password. By

default, the IP address mode is set to DHCP. Use the GUI to assign a static IP address. To configure the FC switch module,