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Table 19 10/100/1000Base-T auto-sensing Ethernet port LEDs description 
Port mode LED (Mode) 
status 
Port LED status  Description 
Steady green (rate mode) 
Steady green 
The port is operating at 1000 Mbps. The port 
status LED fast flashes when the port is sending or 
receiving data. 
Steady yellow 
The port is operating at 10/100 Mbps. The port 
status LED fast flashes when the port is sending or 
receiving data. 
Flashing yellow (3 Hz)  POST has failed on the port. 
Off  No link is present on the port. 
Flashing green (1 Hz) (PoE 
mode, available only for 
PoE switches) 
Steady green  PoE power supply is normal. 
Flashing green (1 Hz) 
The device attached to the port requires power 
higher than the maximum or currently available 
PoE output power on the port. 
Steady yellow 
The port is experiencing a PoE failure.  
The port is not supplying power, because the 
device attached to the port is not a powered 
device. 
Flashing yellow (3 Hz)  POST has failed on the port. 
Off  The port is not supplying PoE power. 
Steady yellow (duplex 
mode) 
Steady green 
The port is operating in full duplex mode. The port 
status LED fast flashes when the port is sending or 
receiving data. 
Steady yellow 
The port is operating in half duplex mode. The port 
status LED fast flashes when the port is sending or 
receiving data. 
Flashing yellow (3 Hz)  POST has failed on the port. 
Off  No link is present on the port. 
 
SFP port status LED 
Each SFP port has a status LED to show port operating status and activities. The port mode LED indicates 
the type of information (for example, port rate or duplex mode) that the port LEDs are showing. You can 
use the port LED mode switching button to change the type of displayed port information. 
Table 20 SFP port LEDs description  
Port mode LED (Mode) 
status 
Port LED status  Description 
Steady green (rate mode) or 
flashing green (1 Hz, PoE 
mode) 
Steady green 
The port is operating at 1000 Mbps. The port 
status LED fast flashes when the port is sending or 
receiving data. 
Steady yellow (available 
only on the 5500 EI 
switches) 
The port is operating at 100 Mbps. The port status 
LED fast flashes when the port is sending or 
receiving data.