IBM BladeCenter - Chapter 3. Information Panel Leds and External Ports; Information Panel; Leds

Chapter 3. Information panel LEDs and external ports
This chapter describes the information panel and LEDs (also known as indicators)
on the IBM BladeCenter 4-Port Gb Ethernet Switch Module. This chapter also
identifies the external ports on the information panel.
Information panel
The information panel of the switch module consists of LEDs and four external
1000BASE-T ports, as shown in the following illustration.
Ports
OK
1
2
3
4
TX/RX
TX/RX
TX/RX
TX/RX
LINK
LINK
LINK
LINK
LEDs
LEDs
The switch module contains:
v Comprehensive LEDs display the status of the switch module and the network
(see “LEDs”).
v Fourteen internal ports, one connected to each of the processor blades.
v Two internal full-duplex 10/100 Mbps ports connected to the management
module.
v Four external 1000BASE-T Ethernet ports for 10/100/1000 Mbps connections to
external Ethernet devices, such as backbones, end stations, and servers. These
ports are identified as Ext1, Ext2, Ext3, and Ext4 in the switch configuration
menus and are labeled 1 through 4 (from top to bottom) on the switch module,
as shown in the preceding illustration.
LEDs
The LEDs on the information panel of the switch module include OK, !, Ethernet
link, and Ethernet activity. The following illustration shows the LEDs on the switch
module. A description of each LED follows the illustration.
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