User manual

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Hardware View
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Monitoring and Managing the Switch
Monitoring
Hardware
Operation
Determine hardware component operating status and states by the
simulated light emitting diode (LED) indicators and status symbols,
such as flashing red and yellow diamonds and yellow triangles, that
appear on hardware components. These simulated LEDs and status
symbols reflect the state of the actual hardware as changes occur.
Corresponding or additional descriptions of hardware status and
states also display when you double-click components to display
Properties dialog boxes.
Figure 2-1 illustrates the Hardware View for the Sphereon 4500 Fabric
Switch. The figure includes examples of symbols and LED indicators
that display to help you monitor hardware operation. Numbers by
the example are keyed to descriptions under Front View and Rear View
on page 2-7.
Figure 2-1 Hardware Operation - Sphereon 4500 Fabric Hardware View
Front View 1. Port Attention Indicator: The yellow triangle ( ) indicates that a link
incident occurred or that the port is not operational, in nonstandard
mode of operation, or has other status. You can determine the reason
for a link incident by displaying the Port Properties dialog box for the
port. For details on status symbols, refer to Table 2-1 on page 2-40.
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