System Status LEDs

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.

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7830 Series System Status LEDs
Location of the 7830 Series System Status LEDs

System Status LEDs describes the colors and the states for the LEDs.

Table 1. System Status 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 greenPower on. Main and Standby output enabled with no PSU warning or fault detected.
Blinking greenStandby 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.