Brocade Communications Systems ICX 6430 series Manual

HARDWARE INSTALLATION GUIDE
Brocade ICX 6430 and ICX 6450
Stackable Switches
Hardware Installation Guide
Part Number: 53-1003617-03
Publication Date: 15 June 2017

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Contents
Preface...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
Document conventions............................................................................................................................................................................................................................7
Notes, cautions, and warnings.....................................................................................................................................................................................................7
Text formatting conventions.........................................................................................................................................................................................................7
Command syntax conventions....................................................................................................................................................................................................8
Brocade resources.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8
Document feedback..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................8
Contacting Brocade Technical Support............................................................................................................................................................................................ 9
Brocade customers..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................9
Brocade OEM customers............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 9
About This Document..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
What’s new in this document............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 11
Supported Software............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 11
ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 Overview.............................................................................................................................................................................. 13
Hardware features...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................13
ICX 6430 models......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 13
ICX 6450 models......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 14
Network and management interfaces............................................................................................................................................................................................ 15
Console management interface ............................................................................................................................................................................................. 16
Out-of-band management interface.....................................................................................................................................................................................16
System reset button......................................................................................................................................................................................................................17
Network interfaces for ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 devices............................................................................................................................................17
Specifying a port address...........................................................................................................................................................................................................18
Port, system, and power status LEDs............................................................................................................................................................................................ 19
Power supplies.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22
Power supply usage..................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 23
ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 Installation........................................................................................................................................................................... 25
Items included with the ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 devices...................................................................................................................................................25
Conguration requirements................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 25
Summary of installation tasks............................................................................................................................................................................................................26
Installation precautions......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 26
General precautions......................................................................................................................................................................................................................26
Lifting precautions.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................26
Power precautions.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................27
Preparing the installation site..............................................................................................................................................................................................................27
Cabling infrastructure................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 27
Installation location........................................................................................................................................................................................................................27
Rack-mount installation considerations............................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Installing the device................................................................................................................................................................................................................................28
Desktop installation.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................28
Rack mount installation...............................................................................................................................................................................................................29
Wall mount installation.................................................................................................................................................................................................................32
Connecting devices in a traditional stack...................................................................................................................................................................................... 34
Stacking ports and trunks...........................................................................................................................................................................................................35
Stacking conguration requirements.....................................................................................................................................................................................36
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Stacking cables...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................36
Stack size.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Stacking topologies...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 36
Connecting devices in a mixed stack..............................................................................................................................................................................................39
ICX 6610 stacking ports and trunks.....................................................................................................................................................................................39
ICX 6450 stacking ports and trunks.....................................................................................................................................................................................41
Stacking conguration requirements.....................................................................................................................................................................................42
Stacking cables...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................43
Stack size.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Stacking topologies...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 43
Connecting ICX 6610 devices in the backbone.............................................................................................................................................................. 47
Connecting a peripheral device to an ICX 6610 and to another peripheral device...........................................................................................47
Extended distance stacking.......................................................................................................................................................................................................48
Powering on the system.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................48
ICX 6400–EPS1500 Installation..................................................................................................................................................................................49
ICX 6400-EPS1500 external power supply..............................................................................................................................................................................49
Features and benets...................................................................................................................................................................................................................50
Front and rear panels................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 50
LEDs................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 51
Items included with the ICX 6400-EPS1500...........................................................................................................................................................................53
General requirements............................................................................................................................................................................................................................53
Summary of installation tasks............................................................................................................................................................................................................53
Installation precautions......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 54
General precautions......................................................................................................................................................................................................................54
Lifting precautions.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................54
Power precautions.........................................................................................................................................................................................................................54
Preparing the installation site..............................................................................................................................................................................................................55
Rack-mount installation considerations............................................................................................................................................................................... 55
Installing the device................................................................................................................................................................................................................................55
Desktop installation.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................56
Mounting an external power supply in a rack.....................................................................................................................................................................56
Assembling the wire saddle for the EPS cord................................................................................................................................................................... 58
Connecting devices to the external power supply............................................................................................................................................................62
Powering on the system.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................65
Verifying proper operation...................................................................................................................................................................................................................65
Conguring an ICX 6430 or ICX 6450 Device..........................................................................................................................................................67
Conguration tasks.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................67
PC or terminal attachment.................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 67
Password assignment...........................................................................................................................................................................................................................68
Assigning passwords....................................................................................................................................................................................................................69
Recovering from a lost password............................................................................................................................................................................................69
IP address conguration...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 70
Devices running Layer 2 software.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 70
Devices running Layer 3 software.......................................................................................................................................................................................... 71
Connecting network devices.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 73
Connectors....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 73
Cable specications......................................................................................................................................................................................................................73
Connecting to Ethernet or Fast Ethernet hubs..................................................................................................................................................................74
Connecting to workstations, servers, or routers................................................................................................................................................................75
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Connecting a network device to a ber port.......................................................................................................................................................................75
Troubleshooting network connections........................................................................................................................................................................................... 76
Digital optical monitoring............................................................................................................................................................................................................76
Testing connectivity................................................................................................................................................................................................................................76
Pinging an IP address..................................................................................................................................................................................................................76
Observing LEDs............................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 77
Tracing a route.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................80
Managing an ICX 6430 or ICX 6450 Device.............................................................................................................................................................81
Managing temperature settings........................................................................................................................................................................................................ 81
Displaying the temperature........................................................................................................................................................................................................81
Displaying syslog messages for temperature....................................................................................................................................................................82
Temperature threshold levels....................................................................................................................................................................................................82
Changing the temperature warning level ............................................................................................................................................................................ 83
Temperature shutdown levels...................................................................................................................................................................................................83
Changing the temperature poll time...................................................................................................................................................................................... 83
Displaying CPU usage..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................84
Removing MAC address entries.......................................................................................................................................................................................................84
Hardware Maintenance and Replacement.................................................................................................................................................................. 85
Hardware maintenance schedule..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 85
Copper or ber-optic module replacement................................................................................................................................................................................. 85
Removing a copper or ber-optic module..........................................................................................................................................................................85
Installing a new copper or ber-optic transceiver.............................................................................................................................................................87
Cabling a ber-optic transceiver..............................................................................................................................................................................................88
Cleaning the ber-optic connectors.......................................................................................................................................................................................89
Brocade ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 Stackable Switches Technical Specications..............................................................................................91
System specications............................................................................................................................................................................................................................91
Ethernet.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................91
LEDs.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................91
Other............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................ 92
Weight and physical dimensions...................................................................................................................................................................................................... 92
Environmental requirements.............................................................................................................................................................................................................. 92
Power supply specications (per PSU)..........................................................................................................................................................................................93
Power consumption (maximum conguration)...........................................................................................................................................................................93
Data port specications (Ethernet)...................................................................................................................................................................................................94
Serial port specications (pinout RJ-45).......................................................................................................................................................................................95
Serial port specications (protocol)..................................................................................................................................................................................................95
Regulatory compliance (EMC)...........................................................................................................................................................................................................95
Regulatory compliance (safety)..........................................................................................................................................................................................................96
Regulatory compliance (environmental).........................................................................................................................................................................................96
Troubleshooting ...............................................................................................................................................................................................................97
Diagnosing switch indicators..............................................................................................................................................................................................................97
Installation......................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 97
Power and cooling problems....................................................................................................................................................................................................97
In-band access............................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 97
Regulatory Statements....................................................................................................................................................................................................99
CE Statement............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................99
China ROHS............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 99
BSMI statement (Taiwan).....................................................................................................................................................................................................................99
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Canadian requirements......................................................................................................................................................................................................................100
China CC statement............................................................................................................................................................................................................................100
Europe and Australia (CISPR 22 Class A Warning)...............................................................................................................................................................101
FCC warning (US only)...................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 101
Germany.................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 101
KCC statement (Republic of Korea).............................................................................................................................................................................................. 101
VCCI statement.....................................................................................................................................................................................................................................101
Cautions and Danger Notices..................................................................................................................................................................................... 103
Cautions...................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................103
General cautions......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 103
Electrical cautions.......................................................................................................................................................................................................................104
Danger Notices..................................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 105
General dangers..........................................................................................................................................................................................................................106
Electrical dangers........................................................................................................................................................................................................................106
Dangers related to equipment weight................................................................................................................................................................................ 107
Laser dangers.............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 107
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Preface
• Document conventions......................................................................................................................................................................................7
• Brocade resources............................................................................................................................................................................................... 8
• Document feedback............................................................................................................................................................................................8
• Contacting Brocade Technical Support.......................................................................................................................................................9
Document conventions
The document conventions describe text formatting conventions, command syntax conventions, and important notice formats used in
Brocade technical documentation.
Notes, cautions, and warnings
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hazards.
NOTE
A Note provides a tip, guidance, or advice, emphasizes important information, or provides a reference to related information.
ATTENTION
An Attention statement indicates a stronger note, for example, to alert you when trac might be interrupted or the device might
reboot.
CAUTION
A Caution statement alerts you to situations that can be potentially hazardous to you or cause damage to hardware,
rmware, software, or data.
DANGER
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labels are also attached directly to products to warn of these conditions or situations.
Text formatting conventions
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Format Description
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value In Fibre Channel products, a xed value provided as input to a command option is printed in plain text, for
example, --show WWN.
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Default responses to system prompts are enclosed in square brackets.
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... Repeat the previous element, for example, member[member...].
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input, enter the entire command at the prompt without the backslash.
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Contacting Brocade Technical Support
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Contacting Brocade Technical Support
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About This Document
• What’s new in this document........................................................................................................................................................................11
• Supported Software..........................................................................................................................................................................................11
What’s new in this document
There are no enhancements in this edition.
Supported Software
For information about the features supported on a hardware platform, refer to the appropriate Features and Standards Support Matrix
document.
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ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 Overview
• Hardware features..............................................................................................................................................................................................13
• Network and management interfaces.......................................................................................................................................................15
• Port, system, and power status LEDs.......................................................................................................................................................19
• Power supplies....................................................................................................................................................................................................22
Hardware features
The following sections describe the physical characteristics of the ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 devices. For more details about physical
dimensions and power supply specications, refer to the Brocade ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 Stackable Switches Technical Specications
on page 91.
ICX 6430 models
The ICX 6430 device is available in the following models:
• ICX 6430-24 -- 24 10/100/1000 Mbps copper ports and 4 1-Gbps SFP ber uplink and stacking ports
• ICX 6430-24P -- 24 10/100/1000 Mbps PoE+ copper ports and 4 1-Gbps SFP ber uplink and stacking ports.
• ICX 6430-48 -- 48 10/100/1000 Mbps copper ports and 4 1-Gbps SFP ber uplink and stacking ports
• ICX 6430-48P -- 48 10/100/1000 Mbps PoE+ copper ports and 4 1-Gbps SFP ber uplink and stacking ports.
NOTE
The ICX 6430-24P and ICX 6430-48P devices support up to 802.3at PoE+.
FIGURE 1 ICX 6430-48 and ICX 6430-48P front panels
FIGURE 2 ICX 6430-24 front panel
FIGURE 3 ICX 6430-24P front panel
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FIGURE 4 ICX 6430-24 and ICX 6430-48P rear panels
FIGURE 5 ICX 6430-24 rear panel
FIGURE 6 ICX 6430-48 rear panel
ICX 6450 models
The ICX 6450 device is available in the following models:
• ICX 6450-24 — 24 10/100/1000 Mbps copper ports and 4 ports with 1 or 10 Gbps SFP+ ber uplink and stacking ports
• ICX 6450-24P — 24 10/100/1000 Mbps PoE+ copper ports and 4 ports with 1 or 10 Gbps SFP+ ber uplink and stacking
ports
• ICX 6450-48 — 48 10/100/1000 Mbps copper ports and 4 ports with 1 or 10 Gbps SFP+ ber uplink and stacking ports
• ICX 6450-48P — 48 10/100/1000 Mbps PoE+ copper ports and 4 ports with 1 or 10 Gbps SFP+ ber uplink and stacking
ports
NOTE
The ICX 6450-24P and ICX 6450-48P devices support up to 802.3 at PoE+.
FIGURE 7 ICX 6450-24 and ICX 6450-24P front panels
Hardware features
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FIGURE 8 ICX 6450-48 front panel
FIGURE 9 ICX 6450-48P front panel
FIGURE 10 ICX 6450-48P rear panel
FIGURE 11 ICX 6450-24P rear panel
FIGURE 12 ICX 6450-24 and ICX 6450-48 rear panels
Network and management interfaces
Each device includes the following management interfaces, and a system reset button on the front panel.
• Console management interface (RJ-45 serial port)
• Out-of-band management interface (RJ-45 port)
• Reset button
These RJ-45 management ports are located together in the middle of the front panel on 24-port models, and on the left side of the
front panel on 48-port models.
Network and management interfaces
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FIGURE 13 Management interfaces and slot locations on 24-port models
1. Console port
2. Slot 2 (SFP and SFP+ uplink or stacking ports)
3. Out-of-band management port
4. Slot 1 (10/100/1000 Mbps ports)
FIGURE 14 Management interfaces and slot locations on 48-port models
1. Console port
2. Slot 2 (SFP and SFP+ uplink or stacking ports)
3. Out-of-band management port
4. Slot 1 (10/100/1000 Mbps ports)
Console management interface
The console management interface is an RJ-45 serial port that allows you to congure and manage the device using a third-party
terminal emulation application from a directly connected PC.
Out-of-band management interface
The out-of-band management interface is an RJ-45 port that allows you to congure and manage the device from the network.
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System reset button
The reset button allows you to restart the system without switching the power supply o and on, using the CLI. When the reset button is
pressed, the system resets and the software is reloaded. The button is located to the left of the console management interface.
Network interfaces for ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 devices
ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 devices contain the following interfaces:
• 10/100/1000 Mbps ports with RJ-45 copper connectors
• SFP and SFP+ ports
SFP ports support 1 Gbps port speeds. SFP+ ports support 10 Gbps port speeds.
NOTE
ICX 6430 models support SFP ports only. ICX 6450 models support both SFP and SFP+ ports.
Slot designations
Refer to Network and management interfaces on page 15 for the location of slot 1 and slot 2 on the front panel of the 24-port models
and the 48-port models.
TABLE 1 Slot designations for ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 devices
Device Slot 1 (10/100/1000 BASE-T ports) Slot 2 (SFP and SFP+ ports)
ICX 6430-24 10/100/1000 Mbps ports 1-24 SFP ports 1-4
ICX 6430-24P 10/100/1000 Mbps ports 1-24 SFP ports 1-4
ICX 6430-48 10/100/1000 Mbps ports 1-48 SFP ports 1-4
ICX 6430-48P 10/100/1000 Mbps ports 1-48 SFP ports 1-4
ICX 6450-24 10/100/1000 Mbps ports 1-24 SFP and SFP+ ports 1-4
ICX 6450-24P 10/100/1000 Mbps ports 1-24 SFP and SFP+ ports 1-4
ICX 6450-48 10/100/1000 Mbps ports 1-48 SFP and SFP+ ports 1-4
ICX 6450-48P 10/100/1000 Mbps ports 1-48 SFP and SFP+ ports 1-4
10/100/1000 BASE-T ports
All devices provide 24 or 48 RJ-45 ports that operate at 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps half or full duplex, or at 1000 Mbps full duplex.
Because all ports support automatic MDI or MDI-X operation, you can use straight-through cables for all network connections to PCs,
servers, or other devices or hubs. In addition, it is ideal (and preferred) to use straight-through cables for switch-to-switch connections.
Each port supports auto-negotiation, so the optimum transmission mode (half or full duplex), and the data rate (10, 100, or 1000 Mbps)
can be selected automatically. If a device connected to one of these ports does not support auto-negotiation, the communication mode
of the port can be congured manually.
SFP or SFP+ ber ports
ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 devices contain four small form factor pluggable (SFP) ports (ports 1 through 4). The top row consists of ports
1 and 3, and the bottom row consists of ports 2 and 4. These ports reside on slot 2 of the stackable switch and can be used as uplink
(data) ports or stacking ports.
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The ICX 6430 contains SFP ports that support 1 Gbps port speeds but do not support 10 Gbps port speeds. The ICX 6450 contains
SFP+ ports that support 1 Gbps or 10 Gbps port speeds.
Ports 1 and 3 are default stacking ports. Default stacking ports are enabled to accept special stacking packets during a CLI-initiated
command sequence of the Secure Setup utility. If ports 1 and 3 are not used as stacking ports, you can use them as data ports.
Conguration is not required to use them as data ports.
On the ICX 6450, ports 1 and 3 are 10 Gbps ports. Without a license at bootup, ICX 6450 ports 2 and 4 come up in 10 Gbps port
speed in an error disabled state. To enable ports 2 and 4 to 10 Gbps port speed, purchase the ICX6450-2X10G-LIC-POD license. For
more information about enabling ports 2 and 4 to 10 Gbps port speed, refer to the FastIron Ethernet Switch Administration Guide. The
ICX 6450-10G-LIC-POD license is not applicable toICX 6430 devices because there are no 10 Gbps ports on the device.
For information about supported SFP and SFP+ transceivers, refer to the product data sheet.
Specifying a port address
You can specify a port address for an uplink (data) port, stacking port, or a management port.
Specifying a data port
The port address format is stack unit/slot/port, where:
•stack unit --Species the stack unit ID. For the ICX 6430, the range is from 1 through 4. For the ICX 6450, the range is from 1
through 8. If the device is not part of a stack, the stack unit ID is 1.
•slot --Species the slot number; either 1 or 2.
•port --Species the port number in the slot. The range is from 1 through 24 (24-port models) or 1 through 48 (48-port
models).
This example shows how to specify port 2 in slot 1 of a device that is not part of a stack:
Brocade (config) # interface ethernet 1/1/2
Specifying a stacking port
The port address format is stack unit/slot/port where:
•stack unit --Species the stack unit ID. For the ICX 6430, the range is from 1 through 4. For the ICX 6450, the range is from 1
through 8.
•slot --Species the slot number. Stacking ports are in slot 2.
•port --Species the port number in the slot. Stacking ports are 1, 2, 3, and 4.
This example shows how to specify stacking port 3 in slot 2 of unit 3 in a stack:
Brocade (config) # interface ethernet 3/2/3
Specifying a management port
The management port number is always 1. This example shows how to specify the management port:
Brocade (config) # interface management 1
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Port, system, and power status LEDs
ICX 6430 and ICX 6450 devices include LEDs that indicate the status of device components.
FIGURE 15 Port status LEDs on 24-port models
1. Port status LEDs
FIGURE 16 Port status LEDs on 48-port models
1. Port status LEDs
2. Port status LEDs
TABLE 2 Port status LEDs
LED Condition Status
Ethernet
(1 - 24/48)
On/Flashing Green The port has established a valid link at 10, 100,
or, 1000 Mbps. Flashing indicates the port is
transmitting and receiving user packets.
O A link is not established with a remote port.
PoE/PoE+ (1-24/48) On/Green The port is providing PoE or PoE+ power to a
connected device.
O The port is not providing PoE or PoE+ power.
SFP/SFP+ (X1 - X4) for ICX 6450 devices On/Flashing Green The SFP port is operating at 10 Gbps. Flashing
indicates the port is transmitting and receiving
user packets at 10 Gbps.
On/Flashing Yellow The SFP port is operating at 1 Gbps. Flashing
indicates the port is transmitting and receiving
user packets at 1 Gbps.
Port, system, and power status LEDs
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TABLE 2 Port status LEDs (continued)
LED Condition Status
O A link is not established with a remote port.
SFP (F1 - F4) for ICX 6430 devices On/ Flashing Green The SFP port is operating at 1 Gbps. Flashing
indicates the port is transmitting and receiving
user packets at 1 Gbps.
O A link is not established with a remote port.
Out-of-band management port (2 LEDs) O (both LEDs) Oine
On/Flashing (left side) Link-up. Flashing indicates the port is
transmitting and receiving user packets.
On/Green (right side) 1 Gbps Link-up
Right LED o, left LED on or ashing 10/100 Mbps Link-up. Flashing indicates the
port is transmitting and receiving user packets.
FIGURE 17 System status LEDs on ICX 6430-48P 48-port model
1. System status LEDs
TABLE 3 System status LEDs on ICX 6450 and ICX 6430 devices
LED Condition Status
EPS1 and EPS2
(External Power Supply status for ICX
6450-48P devices only)
Green EPS1 and EPS2 power supplies are operating
normally.
Yellow EPS1 and EPS2 power supply fault.
O EPS1 and EPS2 o or not present.
PWR
(Power)
Green Power supply is operating normally.
Yellow Power supply fault.
O Power supply o.
Diag
(Diagnostic)
Flashing Green System self-diagnostic test in progress. System
reloads automatically.
Steady Yellow System self-diagnostic test has detected a fault.
(Fan, thermal, or any interface fault.) The user
must reload the system.
MS
(Stacking conguration)
Green The device is the Active controller. Flashing
indicates the system is initializing.
Yellow Indicates the device is the Standby controller.
Flashing indicates the system is in Master
arbitration or selection state.
O Device is operating as a stack member, or is in
standalone mode.
Uplink (X1 and X2)
(Stacking port status)
Green Uplink port is operating normally.
O Uplink has failed or there is no link.
Downlink (X3 and X4) Green Downlink port is operating normally.
Port, system, and power status LEDs
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