Installation Guide

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Cisco Aironet 1560 Series Outdoor Access Point Hardware Installation Guide
Chapter 3 Troubleshooting
Monitoring the Access Point LEDs
Boot loader
errors
Red There has been a DRAM memory test failure
Blinking Red and Amber There has been a FLASH file system failure
Blinking Red and Off This sequence may indicate any of the following:
• Environment variable failure
• Bad MAC address
• Ethernet failure during image recovery
• Boot environment failure
• No Cisco image file
• Boot failure
Cisco IOS
errors
Red There has been a software failure; a disconnect then
reconnect of the unit power may resolve the issue
Cycling through Red,
Green, Amber and Off
This is a general warning of insufficient inline power.
Association
status
Chirping (short blips)
Green
This status indicates a normal operating condition. The
unit is joined to a controller, but no wireless client is
associated with it.
Solid Green Normal operating condition with at least one wireless
client associated with the unit
Operating
Status
Blinking Amber A software upgrade is in progress
Cycling through Green,
Red and Amber
Discovery/join process is in progress
Rapidly cycling through
Red, Green, Amber and
Off
This status indicates that the Access Point location
command has been invoked.
Blinking Red This status indicates that an Ethernet link is not
operational
Alignment
Mode
Color Signal Level (dBm)
Solid Green > –44
Fast blinking Green –47 to –44
Medium blinking Green –50 to –47
Solid Amber –53 to –50
Fast blinking Amber –57 to –53
Medium blinking Amber –60 to –57
Slow blinking Amber –63 to –60
Slow blinking Red –66 to –63
Medium blinking Red –69 to –66
Fast blinking Red –72 to –69
Solid Red –75 to –72
Off < –75
LED Message
Type
Color Meaning