Normal Status Lights - Cisco 501 Pix Firewall

 

 

 

Light

Color

Status

Description

POWER

Green

On

The device is powered on.

 

Off

The device is powered off.

LINK/ACT

Green

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

Green

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

Green

On

The interface is enabled at 100 Mbps (autonegotiated).

 

Off

The interface is enabled at 10 Mbps.

 

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