LEDs
4-4 Troubleshooting
Table 4‐3describestheLEDindicationsfortheRXandTXLEDsfortheRJ45,SFP,andSFP+ports
andprovidesrecommendedactions.
Table 4‐4describestheLEDindicationsfortheRXandTXLEDswhenthelinecardRJ45portsare
inPoEmode.
Forinformationonchangingthemode
ofthelinecardRJ45ports,see“ChangingtheModeofthe
LineCardRJ45Ports”onpage 3‐33.
ThePOELED,describedinTable 4‐1onpage 4‐1,indicateswhethertheRJ45portLEDsareinPoE
orRX/TXmode.
Table 4-3 Line Card Port LEDs
LED Color State Recommended Action
RX
(Receive)
None No link. No activity. Port enabled or
disabled.
None.
Green Solid. Link present, port enabled, no
traffic is being received by the interface.
None.
Yellow Blinking. Link present, port enabled,
traffic is being received by the interface.
None.
TX
(Transmit)
None Port enabled, but no activity. If you know the port should be
active and is not, contact
Enterasys Technical Support.
Green Blinking. Indicates data transmission
activity. Flashing frequency indicates the
data rate.
None.
Yellow Solid. Fault or error (collision). None, unless activity is high; in
which case, check for network
configuration problems or a
defective device.
Table 4-4 RJ45 Port LEDs—PoE Mode
RX LED Color TX LED Color State
Green None There is a connection to the PD and there is 48VDC at the RJ45
connector.
None Yellow Port is off due to overload (attached PD exceeded maximum load).
Yellow None Port is off due to PoE power management.
None None Port is off due to another reason.