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3.3   LEDs 
After you connect the power to the Switch, view the LEDs to ensure proper functioning of the 
Switch and as an aid in troubleshooting. 
3.4  Reset to Factory Defaults
If you forget your password or cannot access the Web Configurator, you will need to use the Reset 
button at the side of the device to reload the factory-default configuration file. This means that you 
will lose all configurations that you had previously and the default Switch IP address, user name 
and password will be reset to 192.168.1.1, admin and 1234 respectively.
Table 3   LED Descriptions
LED COLOR STATUS DESCRIPTION
PoE
(GS1920-48HP 
only)
Green On Each Ethernet port’s LED is changed to act as a PoE LED by using the LED 
MODE button on the front panel.
Off Each Ethernet port’s LED is changed back to act as a LNK/ACT LED by 
releasing the LED MODE button on the front panel.
PWR Green On The system is turned on.
Off The system is off or has failed.
SYS Green On  The system is on and functioning properly.
Blinking The system is rebooting and performing self-diagnostic tests.
Off The power is off or the system is not ready/malfunctioning.
ALM  Red On A hardware failure is detected.
Off The system is functioning normally.
LOCATOR Blue Blinking Shows the actual location of the Switch between several devices in a rack.
Ethernet Ports
1-24 (GS1920-
24/24HP) and 
1-48 (GS1920-
48/48HP)
LNK/ACT
Green Blinking The system is transmitting/receiving to/from a 10 Mbps or a 1000 Mbps 
Ethernet network.
On The link to a 10 Mbps or a 1000 Mbps Ethernet network is up.
Amber Blinking The system is transmitting/receiving to/from a 100 Mbps Ethernet 
network.
On The link to a 100 Mbps Ethernet network is up.
Off The link to an Ethernet network is down.
PoE
(GS1920-24HP 
and GS1920-
48HP only)
Green On Power supplied to all PoE Ethernet ports meets the IEEE 802.3at 
standard.
Amber On Power supplied to all PoE Ethernet ports meets the IEEE 802.3af standard.
Off There is no power supplied.
Mini-GBIC Slots
25-28 
(GS1920-24/
24HP) and 45-
50 (GS1920-
48/48HP)
SFP
Green On The uplink port is linking at 1000 Mbps.
Blinking The system activity is transmitting/receiving data 1000 Mbps.
Amber On The uplink port is linking at 100 Mbps.
Blinking The system activity is transmitting/receiving data 100 Mbps.
Off There is no link or port, the uplink port is shut down.