Switch LEDs

The following table describes the chassis activity LEDs for an IBM SAN32C-6 switch.

Table 1. Chassis Activity LEDs for an IBM SAN32C-6 Switch
Indicator Location Function Color Status State
Power LED Front panel of the chassis Chassis Power/Health Off Off Either of the following conditions exists:

  • The system is not receiving sufficient power from the PSUs.

  • The operating system is not running.

Green Solid On Both PSUs are installed and operational.
Red Solid On

Either of the following conditions exists:

  • A PSU has failed.
  • A PSU has been removed.
Status LED Front panel of the chassis System Status Green Solid On

All diagnostics have passed, NX-OS is running and the system is operational.

Orange Solid On

Any of the following conditions exists:

  • The system is running bootup diagnostics.

  • The system is booting.

  • A minor temperature threshold is exceeded.

Red Blinking

Mismatched airflow direction observed in one of the following modules:

  • Fan modules—The switch will go down in 10-15 seconds.

  • PSUs—The switch will go down after 10 minutes.

  • Fan modules and PSUs—The switch will go down after 10 minutes.
Solid On

One of the following conditions exists:

  • A diagnostic test failed or another fault occurred during bootup.

  • A major temperature threshold is exceeded.

Fan status Front panel of the chassis Fan health

Green

Solid on All fan modules are operational.
Red Solid on Fan failure.
PSU Status Indicators Faceplate of each PSU PSU input/output Green Off No input to the PSU.
Solid on PSU output is OK.

Blinking

PSU output is not OK, but input is OK.

PSU operation Amber Off PSU is operating normally.
Solid on One of the following conditions exists in the PSU:
  • Over voltage
  • Over current
  • Over temperature
  • Fan failure.
Blinking PSU has a fault, but is still operational.
Fan Status Faceplate of each fan module Fan module Green Solid on

Fan module is operating normally.

Amber Solid on All fans in the fan module have failed.

The following table describes the Ethernet port LEDs for a IBM SAN32C-6 switch.

LED Position Status State
Left Off There is no link.
Solid Green Indicates a physical link.
Right Off There is no activity.
Blinking Green Indicates activity.

The following table describes the Fibre Channel port LEDs for a IBM SAN32C-6 switch.

Status State
Solid Green The link is up.
Regular Blinking Green The link is up and the port beacon is active.
Intermittent Blinking Green The link is up (indicates traffic on the port).
Solid Orange The link is disabled by the software.
Blinking Orange A faulty condition exists.
Off No link.