Configuring and Deploying the Access Point
Table 10: AP LED Signals
LED Message
Type
Boot loader
status sequence
Boot loader
warnings
CAPWAP OS
Association
status
Operating
Status
Color
Blinking Green
Blinking Red
Solid Red
Blinking Green
Chirping (short blips) Green
Solid Green
Blinking Amber
Cycling through Green, Red,
and Amber
Rapidly cycling through Red,
Green, Amber, and Off
Blinking Red
Cycling through Red, Green,
and Amber
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Meaning
Boot loader status sequence:
• DRAM memory test in progress
• DRAM memory test OK
• Board initialization in progress
• Initializing FLASH file system
• FLASH memory test OK
• Initializing Ethernet
• Ethernet OK
• Starting AP OS
• Initialization successful
Configuration recovery is in progress (the Reset button has
been pushed for 2 to 3 seconds)
There is an Ethernet failure or an image recovery (the Reset
button has been pushed for 20-30 seconds)
Image recovery is in progress (the Reset button has been
released)
This status indicates a normal operating condition. The unit
is joined to a controller, but no wireless client is associated
with it.
Normal operating condition with at least one wireless client
associated with the unit.
A software upgrade is in progress.
Discovery or join process is in progress.
This status indicates that the AP location command has
been invoked.
This status indicates that an Ethernet link is not operational.
This is a general warning of insufficient inline power.
Checking the Access Point LEDs
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