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System LED

Off (dark)

Switch is normal.

Solid green Switch is being identified by the Dell Remote Access Controller/Modular Chassis (DRAC/MC) management board.

Blinking green

A switch misconfiguration or an error exists.

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Console LED

Off (dark) Cisco IOS is not operating.
Solid green External console port is in use.
Solid amber External console port is redirected to the Dell Remote Access Controller/Modular Chassis (DRAC/MC) management board.

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Port States

LED Mode Description
Status

In this mode, the port LEDs show port status, port duplex mode, and port speed.

By default, the port LEDs show port status. To display the port duplex mode and the port speed from the port LEDs, you must use the View list from the device manager or the Mode button on the physical switch.

 

Off (dark) No link.
Solid green Link is up, but there is no activity on the link.

Solid brown

Port is administratively disabled.

Yellow Port is error disabled.
Blinking green and amber Link is faulty.
Solid amber Port is faulty, is disabled due to an error condition, or is in an STP-blocked state.
Duplex

In this mode, the port LEDs show the duplex mode (full duplex or half duplex) of the ports.

Note: The 10/100/1000 ports operate only in full-duplex mode.

 
Off (dark) No link.
Solid light blue Port is in half-duplex mode.
Solid green Port is in full-duplex mode.

Speed

In this mode, the port LEDs show the operating speed (10, 100, or 1000 Mb/s or 10 Gb/s) of the ports.

 

 

 

 

Off (dark)

No link.

Solid light blue

10 Mb/s.

Solid green

100 Mb/s.

Blinking green

1000 Mb/s.

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Port Types

RJ-45 port

Internal port

Small form-factor pluggable (SFP) module slot (empty)

Fiber-optic SFP module ports

1000BASE-T SFP module port

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