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Brocade VDX 6710-54 Hardware Reference Manual 21
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Chapter
4
Brocade VDX 6710-54 Operation
In this chapter
•Powering on the Brocade VDX 6710-54. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
•LED activity interpretation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
•POST and boot specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
•Interpreting POST results . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
•Brocade VDX 6710-54 maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
•Brocade VDX 6710-54 management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Powering on the Brocade VDX 6710-54
For details about powering on the Brocade VDX 6710, refer to “Providing power to the switch” on
page 8.
Powering off the Brocade VDX 6710-54
To power off the Brocade VDX 6710-54, power off both power supplies by setting each power
supply switch to “O.”.
LED activity interpretation
System activity and status can be determined through the activity of the LEDs on the switch.
There are three possible LED states: off (no light), a steady light, and a flashing light. Flashing lights
may be slow, fast, or flickering. The LED colors are either green or amber. See Table 3 on page 23
and Table 4 on page 25 for details on LED behavior.
Sometimes, the LEDs flash either of the colors during boot, POST, or other diagnostic tests. This is
normal; it does not indicate a problem unless the LEDs do not indicate a healthy state after all boot
processes and diagnostic tests are complete.
Brocade VDX 6710-54 LEDs
The Brocade VDX 6710-54 switch has the following LEDs: