x460 empty port blinking amber

[Stanley_Riley_J]

I have an x460-48P that someone reported a port that went down. So I investigated and saw on the switch CLI that the port was enabled and ready, but showed nothing connected to it, even though there was a cable plugged in. So we disconnected the cable from the switch and now the port is blinking amber. What does this mean? I've never noticed an EMPTY port blinking amber before.

Thanks,
Stan

[Stanley_Riley_J]

Drew,

It turned out that after running extended diagnostics, there was a PoE failure. The switch has been RMA'd by GTAC and we are up and running again.

Thanks for the follow up.
Stan

[Drew_C]

Hi Stan, Just curious if you've had a chance to reboot the switch to see if this fixes the problem.

[Stanley_Riley_J]

Brandon,

Thank you for that suggestion! I will work with my site lead there and get a maintenance window to reboot that node.

I'll let everyone know how it turns out.

Stan

[Dave_Hammers]

blinking amber means the port is providing POE power but there is no Ethernet device connected or the Ethernet link is not up. An example might be a phone booting before it turns on its etherenet link.

A POE fault would be alternating green/amber.

[Dave_Hammers]

If there is nothing physically plugged into a port, and the LED is blinking amber, then something is wrong. Originally when I read your post, I thought you had a cable plugged into the port. Sorry for my confusion.