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EMC® VNX5300™ Hardware Information Guide
Table 9 describes the SPS LEDs.
SPS RJ-12 connector Figure 13 shows the SPS (RJ-12 or modular jack) management port (labeled with two 
symbols; one depicting a telephone handset with a line through it and the other 
depicting a rectangle with a line through it). Both symbols mean that you cannot 
connect telephone type circuits to this connector (see the following WARNING). This 
port connects the SPS (A and B) ports to the SP (A and B) ports, respectively. 
The SPS (RJ-12) port is a LAN port not a WAN port. LAN ports contain safety 
extra-low voltage (SELV) circuits, and WAN ports contain telephone-network 
voltage (TNV) circuits. An RJ-45 (or TNV-type) looks the same as the RJ-12 except for 
two very important differences. An RJ-45 is an 8-wire modular jack. The RJ-12 is a 
six-wire modular jack. The RJ-45 plugs and jacks are wider than their RJ-12 
counterparts - 7/16"vs 3/8". An RJ-45 plug won't fit into an R-J12 jack. But an RJ-12 
plug will fit into an RJ-45 jack. Use caution when connecting cables. To avoid 
electric shock, do not attempt to connect TNV circuits to SELV circuits.
Figure 13 SPS RJ-12 port
Table 9 SPS LEDs
Led Color State Description
SPS power Green On SPS ready and operating normally; battery fully charged
Blinking On/battery charging
— Off Off/disconnected
SPS battery Amber On AC line power is no longer available and the SPS is 
supplying DC output power from the battery.
Note: When battery power comes on, and no other online 
SPS is connected to the SP, the file server writes all cached 
data to disk, and the event log records the event.
SPS no battery Amber On SPS battery is not fully charged and may not be able to 
serve its cache flushing function. With the battery in this 
state, and no other online SPS connected to the SP, the 
system disables write caching, and writes any modified 
pages to the disk first. Replace the SPS as soon as 
possible.
SPS fault Amber On The SPS has an internal fault. The SPS may still be able to 
run online, but write caching cannot occur. Replace the SPS 
as soon as possible.
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