Understanding 220t hubs, 220t port leds, Partitioned ports – Intel 220T User Manual

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Understanding 220T Hubs

220T Port LEDs

The LEDs above each port provide information about the port’s
configuration and status.

LED

Status

Meaning

Left

Solid orange

Device linked at 10Mbps.

Solid green

Device linked at 100Mbps.

Blinking orange

Receive activity at 10Mbps.

Blinking green

Receive activity at 100Mbps.

Off

No link detected.

Right

Solid yellow

Port disabled by management (not applicable
without optional Management Module).

Blinking yellow

Speed mismatch (not applicable without
optional Management Module).

Erratic blinking yellow

Port auto-disabled (partitioned). See below.

Blinking yellow and

Out-of-specification cabling or port hardware

Status LED blinking

problem. Try a different cable.

Partitioned ports

A port is automatically disabled (partitioned) by the hub when an invalid
condition occurs, such as too many consecutive collisions.

Once the hub sees a valid packet of data from the device or is able to
transmit data to the port, the hub automatically re-enables (unpartitions) the
port. Clients are usually not affected by a partitioned port because the port is
often unpartitioned very quickly.

Usually, a partitioned port indicates an overloaded network or a
malfunctioning device (like an adapter card) on the network. To alleviate an
overloaded network, segment so that fewer devices share the fixed amount
of bandwidth.

Left side:
Orange/
Green

Right side:
Yellow

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