Status LED's For Cisco 501 Pix Firewall
Normal LED Indications
Light |
Status |
Action to take |
| POWER |
On |
The device is powered on. |
| Off |
The device is powered off. |
| LINK/ACT |
Flashing |
Network activity, such as Internet access, is present. |
| On |
The correct cable is in use, and the connected equipment has power and is operational. |
| Off |
No link is established. If the LINK/ACT LED does not light up, you might be using the wrong type
of cable. Try replacing the yellow, straight-through Ethernet cable with
the orange, crossover Ethernet cable. |
| VPN TUNNEL |
On |
One or more IKE/IPSec VPN tunnels are established. |
| Off |
One or more IKE/IPSec VPN tunnels are disabled. If the standard configuration
is not modified to support VPN tunnels, the LED does not light up
because it is disabled by default. Also, the LED does not light up when
PPTP/L2TP tunnels are established. |
| 100 MBPS |
On |
The interface is enabled at 100 Mbps (autonegotiated). |
| Off |
The interface is enabled at 10 Mbps. |
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