System status LEDs are located on the left-hand side in the middle of the front panel of the switch, as shown in 7830 Series System Status LEDs.

System Status LEDs describes the colors and the states for the LEDs.
|
LED |
Color/State |
Description |
|---|---|---|
|
Power |
Solid green |
Valid power. All monitored voltages are nominal. |
|
Off |
No power. Some power rails are dropping below specification. | |
|
System |
Off |
The unit is not operational. |
|
Solid green |
Board is operational. | |
|
Blinking amber-green |
Attention (No definition). Controlled by SW. | |
|
Solid amber |
Fault/Initial state. This LED is lit during the reboot. | |
|
PSU Status |
Off |
No power. |
| Solid green | Power on. Main and Standby output enabled with no PSU warning or fault detected. | |
| Blinking green | Standby output enabled with no power supply warning or fault detected. | |
|
Solid amber |
Fault. Power supply fault | |
|
Blinking amber |
Power supply warning detected. | |
|
Fan Status |
Off |
No power. |
|
Solid green |
All fans are operating normally. | |
|
Solid amber |
Fan failure. | |
|
Secure |
Off |
Micro-controller is booting up or fault. Micro-controller is performing initial load (decrypt, validate, load) of its own code, prior to authenticating images. Or the micro-controller is unable to decrypt, validate and load its own image. |
|
Slow blinking blue (1 Hz) |
Authenticating or updating images. Micro-controller is currently authenticating or copying golden image to primary. | |
|
Fast blinking blue (4 Hz) |
Authentication failed. Neither primary nor golden image successfully validated. | |
|
Very slow blinking blue (0.25 Hz) |
Bypass authentication. Bypassing authentication for test or development only. | |
|
Solid blue |
Authentication complete. Micro-controller successfully authenticated the BIOS Flash-0 and BMC Flash-0 images. |