Bad Or Damaged Cable; Ethernet And Fiber-Optic Cables; Link Status; 10/100/1000 Port Connections - Cisco IE 4010 Hardware Installation Manual
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Bad or Damaged Cable
Bad or Damaged Cable
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 problem because the port has many packet errors or it constantly flaps (loses and regains
link).
• 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 converters between the source and the destination.
• Try the cable in another port to see if the problem follows the cable.
Ethernet and Fiber-Optic Cables
Make sure that you have the correct cable:
• For Ethernet, use Category 3 or better copper cable for 10 Mb/s UTP connections. Use either Category
• Verify that you have the correct fiber-optic cable for the distance and port type. Make sure that the
• Determine if a copper crossover cable was used when a straight-through was required or the reverse.
Link Status
Verify that both sides have a link. A broken wire or a shutdown port can cause one side to show a link even
though the other side does not have a link.
A port LED that is on does not guarantee that the cable is functional. It might have encountered physical
stress, causing it to function at a marginal level. If the port LED does not turn on:
• Connect the cable from the switch to a known good device.
• Make sure that both ends of the cable are connected to the correct ports.
• Verify that both devices have power.
• Verify that you are using the correct cable type. See
• Look for loose connections. Sometimes a cable appears to be seated but is not. Disconnect the cable, and
10/100/1000 Port Connections
If a port appears to malfunction:
• Verify the status of all ports by checking the LEDs. For more information, see
• Use the show interfaces command to see if the port is error-disabled, disabled, or shut down. Reenable
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If possible, bypass the patch panel, or eliminate media converters (fiber-optic-to-copper).
5, Category 5e, or Category 6 UTP for 10/100/1000 Mb/s, and PoE connections.
connected device ports match and use the same type encoding, optical frequency, and fiber type.
Enable auto-MDIX on the switch, or replace the cable
then reconnect it.
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6.
the port if necessary.
Cable and Connectors, on page 61
Switch Panel LEDs, on
Troubleshooting
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