Meaning
Color
LED Message
Type
A software upgrade is in progress
Blinking Amber
Operating
Status
Discovery/join process is in progress
Cycling through Green, Red,
and Amber
This status indicates that the Access Point location command
has been invoked.
Rapidly cycling through Red,
Green, Amber, and Off
This status indicates that an Ethernet link is not operational
Blinking Red
Configuration recovery is in progress (the Reset button has
been pushed for 2-3 seconds)
Blinking Amber
Boot loader
warnings
There is an Ethernet failure or an image recovery (the Reset
button has been pushed for 20-30 seconds)
Red
An image recovery is in progress (the Reset button has been
released)
Blinking Green
There has been a DRAM memory test failure
Red
Boot loader
errors
There has been a FLASH file system failure
Blinking Red and Amber
This sequence may indicate any of the following:
• Environment variable failure
• Bad MAC address
• Ethernet failure during image recovery
• Boot environment failure
• No Cisco image file
• Boot failure
Blinking Red and Off
There has been a software failure; a disconnect then reconnect
of the unit power may resolve the issue
Red
AP OS errors
This is a general warning of insufficient inline power
Cycling through Red, Green,
Amber, and Off
The access point port LED signals are listed in the following table.
Cisco Catalyst IW6300 Heavy Duty Series Access Point Hardware Installation Guide
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Troubleshooting
Monitoring the Access Point LEDs