HP 5500 Ei 5500 Si Switch Series Installation Guide

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Appendix C Ports and LEDs 
Ports 
Console port 
All EI and SI switches have one console port on the front panel. 
Table 12 Console port specifications 
Item S
pecification
Connector type   RJ-45 
Compliant standard
 EIA/TIA-232 
Transmission baud rate 
9600 bps (default) to 115200 bps 
Service 
• Provides connection to an ASCII terminal. 
• Provides connection to the serial port of a local or remote (through a 
pair of modems) PC running terminal emulation program. 
 
10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet port...

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Combo interface 
•  On the A5500-24G-SFP EI (2 slots) and A5500-24G-SFP EI TAA (2 slots) switch, the last eight SFP 
ports and the eight 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet po rts are copper/fiber combo ports in pairs, as 
shown in  Table 14. T
hey form eight combo interfaces.  
•   On all the other A5500 EI and A5500 SI switches, the last four 10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet 
ports and the four SFP ports are copper/fi ber combo ports in pairs, as shown in Table 14. T
 hey 
form four combo interfaces 
When one...

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LEDs 
Table 15 LEDs at a glance 
LED Availabilit
y
System status LED  Entire series 
Power supply status LEDs A5500-24G-SFP EI (2 slots) 
A5500-24G-SFP EI TAA (2 slots) 
RPS status LED  
Entire series (except the A5500-24G-SFP EI (2 
slots) and A5500-24G-SFP EI TAA (2 slots) ) 
Port mode LED 
Entire series 
Seven-segment LED Entire series 
10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet port LED Entire series 
SFP port status LED Entire series 
Interface card status LED Entire series 
 
System status LED 
The system...

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Power supply status LEDs 
Only the A5500-24G-SFP EI (2 slots) and A5500-24G-SFP EI TAA (2 slots) switches have power supply 
status LEDs to show the operating status of  the power supplies in the power supply slots.  
Table 17  Hot swappable power supply status LED description 
LED Status  Descri
ption
PWR1 
PWR2  Steady green 
A power supply is installed in the power supply slot, 
and the power output is normal. Steady yellow A power supply is installed in the power supply slot, 
but the power...

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Port mode LED 
The port mode LED indicates the type of information that the network port LEDs are showing. You can 
use the port LED mode switching button to chan ge the type of displayed port information. 
Table 20  Port mode LED description 
LED mark  Status  Descri
ption
Mode Steady green  The network port LEDs are showing port rates. 
Flashing green (1 Hz) 
(available only for the PoE+ 
switch models) 
The network port LEDs are showing the status of PoE 
power supply on the ports. 
Steady yellow...

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System status LED 
(PWR/SYS) status Seven-segment LED (Unit) status  Description 
Steady green  The LED displays a capital 
C character. 
  The switch is the command switch in a 
cluster. 
The LED displays an 
S character. 
  The switch is a member switch in a 
cluster. 
The LED displays a lowercase 
c character. 
  The switch is a candidate switch for a 
cluster. 
The LED displays a number. 
 
The member ID of the switch in an IRF 
fabric. 
 
Table 22
 Seven-segment LED description (II) 
Port mode...

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Port mode LED (Mode) 
status Port LED status  Description 
Flashing green (1 Hz) 
(PoE mode, available only 
for PoE switches)  Steady green  PoE power supply is normal. 
Flashing green (1 Hz) 
The device attached to the port requires power 
higher than the maximum or currently available 
PoE output power on the port. 
Steady yellow The port is experiencing a PoE failure.  
The port is not supplying power, because the 
device attached to the port is not a powered 
device. 
Flashing yellow (3 Hz)...

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Interface card status LED 
Table 25 Interface card status LEDs description 
LED mark  StatusDescri
ption
MOD1 
MOD2  Green 
The interface card is in position and operating 
properly. 
Flashing yellow
 The switch does not support the interface card 
model, or the interface card has failed. 
Off 
The expansion interface card slot is empty. 
  

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Index 
10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet port, 66 
10/100/1000Base-T Ethernet port LED, 71 
10-GE SFP+ transceiver modules, 63 
10-GE XFP transceiver modules, 65 
19-inch rack, 6 
A5500-24G EI (2 slots)/A5500-24G EI TAA (2 slots)/A5500-24G SI (2 slots) panel views, 52 
A5500-24G-PoE+ EI (2 slots)/A5500-24G-PoE+ EI  TAA (2 slots)/A5500-24G-PoE+ SI (2 slots) panel 
views, 55 
A5500-24G-SFP EI (2 slots)/A5500-24G-SFP EI TAA  (2 slots) panel views, 54 
A5500-48G EI (2 slots)/A5500-48G EI TAA (2...

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rack mounting, 8 
FRU, 60 
GE SFP transceiver modules, 62 
grounding  installing the switch, 15 
grounding conductor, 17 
grounding the switch, 17  AC power cord, 18 
grounding the switch by using the AC power cord,  18 
grounding the switch with a grounding conductor  buried in the earth ground, 17 
grounding the switch with a grounding strip, 15 
hardware 
rack-mounting requirements, 3 
hot swappable power supplies, 60 
hot swappable power supply failure, 46 
HP  customer support and resources, 48...