Fibre Channel LEDs

The Fibre Channel LEDs indicate the status of the Fibre Channel ports on the SAN Volume Controller 2145-DH8 node.

The SAN Volume Controller 2145-DH8 uses two light-emitting diodes (LEDs) per Fibre Channel port, which are arranged one above the other. The LEDs are arranged in the same order as the ports. Figure 1 shows the location of the LEDs.

Figure 1. Fibre Channel LEDs
Fibre Channel LEDs
  •  1  Link speed LEDs
  •  2  Link activity LEDs

The following table lists the link status values for the Fibre Channel LEDs.

Table 1. Link status values for Fibre Channel LEDs
Top LED (link speed) Bottom LED (link activity)

Flashing indicates I/O activity.

Link status
Off Off Inactive
Off On / Flashing Active 2 Gbps
Blinking On / Flashing Active 4 Gbps
On On / Flashing Active 8 Gbps
Note: To accommodate the different Fibre Channel speed ranges, LEDs are effectively OFF=slow, FLASHING=medium, and ON=fast.