Installation guide
Table Of Contents
- Contents
- Preface
- About This Document
- Brocade 5100 Introduction
- Brocade 5100 Installation and Configuration
- Brocade 5100 Operation
- Removal and Replacement of Combined Power Supply and Fan Assembly (Port-side Air Exhaust)
- Brocade 5100 Technical Specifications
- Regulatory Statements
- Cautions and Danger Notices
- Index
Brocade 5100 LED Patterns During Normal Operation (Continued)TABLE 2
LED Name LED Color Status of Hardware Recommended Action
Slow flashing green
(flashing in two-
second intervals)
Port is online but segmented
because of a loopback cable or
incompatible switch connection.
No action required.
Fast flashing green
(flashing in half-
second intervals)
Port is online and an internal
loopback diagnostic test is running.
No action required.
Flickering green
(steady with
random flashes)
Port is online and frames are flowing
through the port.
No action required.
Steady green Port is online (connected to external
device) but has no traffic.
No action required.
Slow flashing
amber (flashing in
two-second
intervals)
Port is disabled (because of
diagnostics or the portDisable
command).
Verify the diagnostic tests are not
running. Reenable the port using
the portEnable command.
Fast flashing amber
(flashing in half-
second intervals)
Port is faulty. Check the management interface
and the error log for details on the
cause of status.
Contact Technical Support if
required.
Steady amber (for
more than five
seconds)
Port is receiving light or signal carrier
at 4 Gbps; but is not yet online.
No action required.
POST and boot specifications
When the switch is turned on or rebooted, the switch performs POST. Total boot time with POST can
be several minutes. POST can be omitted after subsequent reboots by using the fastboot command
or entering the diagDisablePost command to persistently disable POST.
For more information about these commands, refer to the Fabric OS Command Reference Manual .
POST
The success or failure results of the diagnostic tests that run during POST can be monitored through
the error log or the command line interface.
POST includes the following tasks:
1. Conducts preliminary POST diagnostics.
2. Initializes the operating system.
3. Initializes hardware.
4. Runs diagnostic tests on several functions, including circuitry, port functionality, memory, statistics
counters, and serialization.
POST and boot specifications
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