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Dell PowerSwitch S5200F-ON Series Installation Guide July 2023

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LED behavior

The S5200F-ON Series switch LED behavior is seen during ONIE operations.

The S5232F-ON switch LEDs:

Illustration of the S5232F-ON switch LEDs.
  1. Stack ID LED
  2. Port Activity LEDs
  3. Port Activity LED
  4. Master LED
  5. System LED
  6. Locator LED
  7. Fan LED
  8. Power LED
  9. RJ45 Ethernet Port LED

The S5248F-ON switch LEDs:

Illustration of the S5248F-ON switch LEDs.
  1. Stack ID LED
  2. Port Activity LED
  3. Port Activity LEDs
  4. Port Activity LEDs
  5. Master LED
  6. System LED
  7. Locator LED
  8. Fan LED
  9. Power LED
  10. RJ45 Ethernet Port LED

The S5296F-ON switch LEDs:

Illustration of the S5296F-ON switch LEDs.
  1. Stack ID LED
  2. Port Activity LEDs
  3. Port Activity LEDs
  4. Port Activity LEDs
  5. System LED
  6. Locator LED
  7. Fan LED
  8. Power LED

The S5224F-ON switch LEDs:

Illustration of the S5224F-ON switch LEDs.
  1. Stack ID LED
  2. Port Activity LED
  3. Port Activity LED
  4. Master LED
  5. System LED
  6. Locator LED
  7. Fan LED
  8. Power LED
  9. RJ45 Port LED

The S5212F-ON switch LEDs:

Illustration of the S5212F-ON switch LEDs.
  1. Port Activity LED
  2. Port Activity LED
  3. Stack ID LED
  4. Master LED
  5. System LED
  6. Locator LED
  7. Link Activity LED
  8. Fan LED
  9. Power LED
Table 1. S5200F-ON Series switch LED behaviorTable listing the S5200F-ON Series switch LED behavior.
LED Description
System Status/Health LED
  • Solid green—Normal operation
  • Flashing green—Booting
  • Solid yellow—Critical system error
  • Flashing yellow—Noncritical system error, fan failure, or power supply failure
Power LED
  • Off—No power
  • Solid Green—Normal operation
  • Solid yellow—POST is in process
  • Flashing yellow—Power supply failed
Master LED
  • Off—Switch is in Stacking Slave mode
  • Solid green—Switch is in Stacking Master or Standalone mode
FAN LED
  • Off—No power
  • Solid green—Normal operation; fan powered and running at the expected RPM
  • Flashing yellow—Fan fault—including incompatible airflow direction when you insert the PSU or fan trays with differing airflows
PSU LED
  • Off—No power
  • Solid green—Normal operation
  • Flashing yellow—PSU warning event; power continues to operate
  • Flashing green—4Hz with five times on and off: Mismatch
  • Flashing green—Firmware update
LOCATOR LED/System Beacon
  • Off—Locator function disabled
  • Flashing blue—Locator function enabled
7-Segment LED for stacking
  • Off—No power
  • Solid green—Hex digit representing the stack unit ID
Table 2. System management Ethernet port LEDsTable listing the system management Ethernet port LED behavior.
LED Description
Link LED
  • Off—No link
  • Solid green—Link operating at a maximum speed, autonegotiated/forced to 1000MBase-T mode
  • Solid yellow—Link operating at a lower speed, autonegotiated/forced or 10/100MBase-T mode
Activity LED
  • Off—No activity
  • Flashing green—Port activity
Table 3. SFP28 port LEDs—S5232F-ON, S5248F-ON, and S5296F-ONTable listing the —S5232F-ON, S5248F-ON, and S5296F-ON SFP28 port LED behavior.
LED Description
Link LED All four LEDs:
  • Off—No link
  • Solid green—Link operating at maximum speed, 25G
  • Solid yellow—Link operating at a lower speed, 10G or 1G
  • Flashing green, ~30ms—Port activity operating at maximum speed, 25G port
  • Flashing yellow, ~30ms—Port activity operating at lower speed, 10G or 1G port
  • Flashing yellow, 1 second on/off—port beacon
Activity LED
  • Off—No activity
  • Flashing green—port activity at maximum speed
  • Flashing yellow—port activity at lower speed
Table 4. SFP+ port LEDs—S5232F-ONTable listing the SFP+ port LED behavior.
LED Description
Link LED All four LEDs:
  • Off—No link
  • Solid green—Link operating at maximum speed, 10G
  • Solid yellow—Link operating at a lower speed, 1G
  • Flashing green, ~30ms—Port activity operating at maximum speed, 10G port
  • Flashing yellow, ~30ms—Port activity operating at lower speed, 1G port
  • Flashing yellow, 1 second on/off—port beacon
Activity LED
  • Off—No activity
  • Flashing green—port activity at maximum speed
  • Flashing yellow—port activity at lower speed
NOTE:The first QSFP-DD port LED shows 200GbE, 100GbE, 40GbE, and 10GbE mode. All eight QSFP-DD port LEDs show 8x25GbE or 8x10GbE mode. The first and fifth QSFP-DD port LEDs show 2x100GbE mode. The first, second, fifth, and sixth QSFP-DD port LEDs show 2x50GbE mode. The first and second LEDs for the first 2x50GbE port and the fifth and sixth LEDs for the second 2x50GbE port.
Table 5. QSFP-DD port LEDs—S5248F-ONTable listing the QSFP-DD port LED behavior.
LED Description
Link/Activity LED—200GbE, 100GbE, 40GbE, or 10GbE mode First LED:
  • Off—No link/activity
  • Solid green—Port link operating at maximum speed, 200G
  • Flashing green—Port activity operating at maximum speed, 200G
  • Solid yellow—Port link operating at a lower speed, 100G, 40G or 10G port
  • Flashing yellow, ~30ms—Port activity operating at lower speed, 100G, 40G or 10G port
  • Flashing yellow, ~1 second on/off—Port beacon
Link/Activity LED—8x25GbE or 8x10GbE mode All eight LEDs:
  • Off—No link/activity
  • Solid green—Link operating at maximum speed, 8x25G port
  • Flashing green—Link activity operating at maximum speed, 8x25G port
  • Solid yellow—Link operating at a lower speed, 8x10G port
  • Flashing yellow, ~30ms—Port activity operating at lower speed, 8x10G port
  • Flashing yellow, 1 second on/off—Port beacon
Link/Activity LED—2x100G mode First and fifth LEDs:
  • Off—No link/activity
  • Solid green—Port link operating 2x100G
  • Flashing yellow—Port activity at 2x100G port
  • Flashing yellow, 1 second on/off—Port beacon
Link/Activity LED—4x50GbE mode First, second, fifth, and sixth LEDs"
  • Off—No link/activity
  • Solid green—Port link operating 2x50G
  • Flashing yellow—Port activity at 2x50G port
  • Flashing yellow, 1 second on/off—Port beacon
NOTE:The first QSFP28 LED shows 100GbE, 40GbE, or 10GbE mode. All four QSFP28 port LEDs show 4x25GbE or 4x10GbE mode. The first and third QSFP28 port LEDs show 2x50GbE mode.
Table 6. QSFP28 port LEDs—S5232F-ON, S5248F-ON, and S5296F-ONTable listing the QSFP28 port LED behavior.
LED Description
Link/Activity LED—100GbE, 40GbE, or 10GbE mode First LED:
  • Off—No link/activity
  • Solid green—Port link operating at maximum speed, 100G
  • Flashing green—Port activity operating at maximum speed, 100G
  • Solid yellow—Port link operating at a lower speed, 40G or 10G port
  • Flashing yellow, ~30ms—Port activity operating at lower speed, 40G or 10G port
  • Flashing yellow, ~1 second on/off—Port beacon
Link/Activity LED—4x25GbE or 4x10GbE mode All four LEDs:
  • Off—No link/activity
  • Solid green—Link operating at maximum speed, 4x25G port
  • Flashing green—Link activity operating at maximum speed, 4x25G port
  • Solid yellow—Link operating at a lower speed, 4x10G port
  • Flashing yellow, ~30ms—Port activity operating at lower speed, 4x10G port
  • Flashing yellow, 1 second on/off—Port beacon
Link/Activity LED—2x50G mode First and third LEDs:
  • Off—No link/activity
  • Solid green—Port link operating 2x50G
  • Flashing yellow—Port activity at 2x50G port
  • Flashing yellow, 1 second on/off—Port beacon
Link/Activity LED—2x50GbE mode First, second, fifth, and sixth LEDs"
  • Off—No link/activity
  • Solid green—Port link operating 2x50G
  • Flashing yellow—Port activity at 2x50G port
  • Flashing yellow, 1 second on/off—Port beacon

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