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System-Level LEDs

LED Description

SYSTEM

The SYSTEM LED shows the status of the switch (system).

 

 

 

 

Off (dark)

Switch is not powered on.

Solid green Switch is operating normally.

Blinking green

Switch is running power-on self-test (POST).

Solid amber

Switch is faulty, is rebooting, or is in recovery.

Blinking amber

A fault exists with one of the following:

  • Network module (non-traffic-related)
  • Power supply
  • Fan module

RPS

The RPS LED shows the status of a connected redundant power system (RPS). This LED is available on switches that support an RPS.

 

 

 

 

 

Off (dark)

RPS is off or is not properly connected.

Solid green

RPS is connected and is ready to provide back-up power.

Blinking green

RPS is connected but is unavailable because it is providing power to another device.

Solid amber

RPS is in standby mode or is in a fault condition.

Blinking amber

Switch internal power supply has failed, and the RPS is providing power to the switch.

AC OK

The AC OK LED shows the status of an installed internal power supply. This LED does not appear on the Front Panel view for the Catalyst 3560E-12D, Catalyst 3560E-12SD, and Catalyst 3560-X switches. This LED is available on switches that support internal power supply modules.

 

Off (dark)

No power supply module is installed.

Solid green Power supply module is installed.
PS OK

The PS OK LED shows the status of the power from the installed power supply. This LED does not appear on the Front Panel view for the Catalyst 3560E-12D, Catalyst 3560E-12SD, and Catalyst 3560-X switches. This LED is available on switches that support internal power supply modules.

 

Off (dark)

No power from the installed power supply module.

Solid green Power from either the installed power supply module or PoE port is good.

Solid amber

Power from either the installed power supply module or PoE port is faulty.

PS1 and PS2 The status of the power from the installed power supply modules. Both of these LEDs are available only on the Catalyst 3560E-12D and Catalyst 3560E-12SD switches.
 
Solid green Power supply modules are providing power to the switch.

Solid amber

One or more power supply modules are faulty.

FAN The status of the installed fan modules. This LED is available only on the Catalyst 3560E-12D and Catalyst 3560E-12SD switches.
 
Solid green Fan modules are operating.

Solid amber

One or more fan modules are faulty.

XPS The XPS LED shows the status of a connected Expandable Power System (XPS), such as an XPS-2200. This LED is available only on the Catalyst 3560-X switches.

 

 

 

 

 

Off (dark)

XPS is not connected or is not properly connected.

Solid green

XPS is connected and is ready to provide back-up power.

Blinking green

XPS is connected but is unavailable because it is providing power to another device.

Solid amber

XPS is in standby mode or is in a fault condition.

Blinking amber

Switch internal power supply has failed, and the XPS is providing power to the switch.

STATUS

The STATUS LED shows that the port LEDs are in status mode. This is the default mode.

 

 

Off (dark)

The port LEDs are not showing port status.

Solid green

The port LEDs are showing port status.

DUPLEX

The DUPLEX LED shows that the port LEDs are in duplex mode.

 

 

Off (dark)

The port LEDs are not showing the port duplex mode.

Solid green

The port LEDs are showing the port duplex mode.

SPEED

The SPEED LED shows that the port LEDs are in speed mode.

 

 

Off (dark)

The port LEDs are not showing the port speed.

Solid green

The port LEDs are showing the port speed.

PoE The PoE LED shows that the port LEDs are in PoE mode. This LED is available on switches that have PoE ports.

 

 

 

Off (dark)

PoE to the ports is off.

Solid green

One or more ports is receiving PoE.

Blinking amber

One or more ports is not receiving PoE because of a fault.

EN

The EN LED shows the status of the Ethernet Management (Fa0) port. This LED is not available on the Catalyst 3560-C switches.

 

Off (dark)

No link is present on the port.

Solid green

Link is present between the port and the management station.

CONSOLE

The CONSOLE LED shows the port status of the USB-B console port. This LED is available only on the 3560-X switches.

 

Off (dark)

No link is present on the port.

Solid green

Link is present between the port and the management station.

PD

The Powered Device (PD) LED shows the status of power being supplied from a switch uplink port to a PoE device that is connected to a switch downlink port. This LED is available only on the Catalyst 3560-C switches.

 

Solid green

Power from the switch uplink port is sufficient to power the PoE device.

Solid amber

Power from the switch uplink port is not sufficient to power the PoE device.

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Port-Level LED States

LED Mode Description
Status

In this mode, the port LEDs show port status, port duplex mode, port speed, and PoE status.

By default, the port LEDs show port status. To display the port duplex mode and the port speed from the port LEDs, you must use the View list from the device manager or the Mode button on the physical switch.

 

Off (dark) No link.
Solid green Link is up, but there is no activity on the link.
Blinking green

Link has activity.

Solid brown

Port is administratively disabled.

Yellow Port is error disabled.
Blinking green and amber Link is faulty.
Blinking amber Port has a Smartports configuration mismatch.
Solid amber Port is faulty, is disabled due to an error condition, or is in an STP-blocked state.
Duplex

In this mode, the port LEDs show the duplex mode (full duplex or half duplex) of the ports.

 
Off (dark) No link.
Solid light blue Port is in half-duplex mode.
Solid green Port is in full-duplex mode.

Speed

In this mode, the port LEDs show the operating speed of the ports.

 

 

 

 

Off (dark)

No link.

Solid light blue

10 Mb/s.

Solid green

100 Mb/s.

Blinking green

1000 Mb/s.

Fast blinking green 10 Gb/s.
PoE In this mode, the port LEDs show the status of the Power over Ethernet (PoE) ports. This LED is available on switches that have PoE ports.
 

Off (dark)

No power is allocated.

Solid green

Power is allocated.

Blinking green and amber Power is denied (to prevent exceeding power capacity).

Blinking amber

Port is disabled due to a fault condition.

Solid amber Port is administratively disabled.

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Port Types

RJ-45 port

Fiber ports

Small form-factor pluggable (SFP) module slot (empty)

Fiber-optic SFP module ports

1000BASE-T SFP module port

Cisco Dual SFP X2 converter module (empty)

10-Gigabit X2 module slot (empty)
X2 transceiver module ports
(for 10GBASE-LR or -SR)
X2 transceiver module port
(for 10GBASE-CX1 or -USR)

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Color Wave Length Representation in CWDM Module Ports

Note: The circles in the icon for a coarse wave length-division multiplexer (CWDM) module port can be any of eight colors, each denoting a different wave length in nanometers (nm). This table shows the wave length that is denoted by each color. To see the wave length of a CWDM module port, point to its icon.

Color

Wave Length

Gray

1470 nm

Violet

1490 nm

Blue

1510 nm

Green 1530 nm
Yellow 1550 nm
Orange 1570 nm
Red 1590 nm
Brown 1610 nm

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