System component description
VNX5500 Hardware Information Guide 33
Table 15 describes the SP 8-Gb/s FC port LEDs.
Network management and service laptop Ethernet (RJ-45) ports
The SP Ethernet (RJ-45) ports are LAN ports not WAN ports. LAN ports contain safety 
extra-low voltage (SELV) circuits, and WAN ports contain telephone-network voltage (TNV) 
circuits. Some LAN and WAN ports both use RJ-45 connectors. Use caution when 
connecting cables. To avoid electric shock, do not connect TNV circuits to SELV circuits.
The Block and File (Unified) VNX5500 platform SP CPU comes with two integrated 
dual-port Ethernet ports (labeled with a network management symbol and a wrench 
symbol, respectively). These ports provide an interface for connecting to the public LAN 
and a service laptop computer, respectively. The ports are 8-pin MDI RJ-45 type ports for 
either IEEE 802.3 10BASE-T (10 Mb/s), IEEE 802.3u 100BASE-TX (100 Mb/s), or 
1000BASE-T (1000 Mb/s) Ethernet connections.
Figure 23 shows an example of the SP SP network management and service laptop 
Ethernet (RJ-45) ports.
Figure 23  Network management and service laptop Ethernet (RJ-45) ports
The ports shown in Figure 23 are LAN ports. A symbol depicting a telephone handset with 
a line through it indicates that you should not connect WAN type RJ-45 telephone 
connectors to these ports.
Table 15  8-Gb/s FC port LEDs
Led Color State Description
Link/Activity 
(each port has 
one LED)
Green On 2- or 4-Gb/s link speed (suboptimal speed)
Blue On 8-Gb/s link speed (maximum speed)
Green or 
Blue
Blinking Small form-factor pluggable (SFP+
1
) transceiver 
module faulted, unsupported, or optical cable fault.
— Off No network connection
1. Refer to the 
VNX5500 Parts Location Guide
 for the part number label location for the SFP+ part number.
VNX-000095