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Dell PowerEdge R530 Owner's Manual

NIC indicator codes

Each NIC on the back panel has an indicator that provides information about the network activity and link status. The activity LED indicates whether the NIC is currently connected or not. The link LED indicates the speed of the connected network.

Figure 1. NIC indicators
This figure shows NIC indicator codes.
  1. link indicator
  2. activity indicator
Table 1. NIC indicatorsThe NIC indicators table describes different NIC indicator codes and condition of the connectivity.
ConventionStatusCondition
ALink and activity indicators are offThe NIC is not connected to the network.
BLink indicator is greenThe NIC is connected to a valid network at its maximum port speed (1 Gbps or 10 Gbps).
CLink indicator is amberThe NIC is connected to a valid network at less than its maximum port speed.
DActivity indicator is flashing green Network data is being sent or received.

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