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Chapter 3      Troubleshooting
Diagnosing Common Problems
Table 3-3 Corrupted Software Problems and Their Solutions
Symptom Possible Cause Resolution
System LED is amber, 
and all port LEDs are 
off.
Corrupted software. Attach a monitor to the serial port to display 
the switch boot loader. 
For more information, see the switch 
software configuration guide.
System LED is amber. Nonfatal or fatal POST 
error detected.
Use the show post privileged EXEC 
command to see which POST test failed.
POST failures are usually fatal. Contact 
your Cisco representative if your switch 
does not pass POST.