fw 05.01.00 and sw 07.01.00 edge switch 2/24 product manager user guide

Monitoring and Managing the Switch
94 Edge Switch 2/24 Product Manager User Guide
Port Operational States
Table 4 describes the port operational states and the LED and attention indicators
that display in the Hardware View and Port List View.
Table 4: Port States and Indicators
Port State
Port Indicators
Alert
Indicator
1
DescriptionGreen/Blue Amber
Beaconing Off or On Blink Yellow
Triangle
The port is beaconing.
The amber port LED
blinks once every two
seconds to enable users
to find a specific port.
Enable beaconing
through the port’s menu
on the Hardware View
,
Port List View, or
Performance View.
Inactive Off Off Yellow
Triangle
The switch port is in an
inactive state. Reasons
for this state appear in
the Reason field of the
Port Properties dialog
box.
Note that if port optics
have also failed, the
amber LED will be on.
Invalid
Attachment
On Off Yellow
Triangle
The switch port is in an
invalid attachment state.
Reasons for this state
appear in the Reason
field of the Port
Properties dialog box.
Link Incident Off Off Yellow
Triangle
A link incident occurred
on one of the ports and
displays in the Port List
View with a
corresponding indicator
displaying for the card
in the Hardware View.