Troubleshooting; Diagnosing Problems; Switch Post Results; Switch Leds - Cisco Catalyst 2960-L Smart Managed Series Hardware Installation Manual

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Troubleshooting

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The LEDs on the front panel provide troubleshooting information about the switch. They show POST failures,

port-connectivity problems, and overall switch performance. You can also get statistics from Device Manager,

from the CLI, or from an SNMP workstation.

POST failures are usually fatal. Contact your Cisco technical support representative if your switch does not

pass POST.

If you have physical access to the switch, look at the port LEDs for troubleshooting information about the

switch. See the LED section for a description of the LED colors and their meanings.

Always examine the cable for marginal damage or failure. A cable might be just good enough to connect at

the physical layer, but it could corrupt packets as a result of subtle damage to the wiring or connectors. You

can identify this situation because the port has many packet errors or the port constantly flaps (loses and

regains link).

• Examine or exchange the copper or fiber-optic cable with a known, good cable.

• Look for broken or missing pins on cable connectors.

• Rule out any bad patch panel connections or media convertors between the source and the destination.

Diagnosing Problems, on page 35

Finding the Switch Serial Number, on page 38

If possible, bypass the patch panel, or eliminate faulty media convertors (fiber-optic-to-copper).

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