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Cisco Aironet 1560 Series Outdoor Access Point Hardware Installation Guide
Chapter 3 Troubleshooting
Monitoring the Access Point Status LED
Boot loader errors Red There has been a DRAM
memory test failure
Blinking Red and Amber There has been a FLASH file
system failure
Blinking Red and Off 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
AP OS errors Red There has been a software
failure; a disconnect then
reconnect of the unit power may
resolve the issue
Cycling through Red, Green,
Amber and Off
This is a general warning of
insufficient inline power.
Association status Chirping (short blips) Green This status indicates a normal
operating condition. The unit is
joined to a controller, but no
wireless client is associated with
it.
Solid Green Normal operating condition with
at least one wireless client
associated with the unit
Operating Status Blinking Amber A software upgrade is in
progress
Cycling through Green, Red and
Amber
Discovery/join process is in
progress
Rapidly cycling through Red,
Green, Amber and Off
This status indicates that the
Access Point location command
has been invoked.
Blinking Red This status indicates that an
Ethernet link is not operational
Alignment Mode Solid Green Signal level > –44 dBm
Fast blinking Green Signal level –47 to –44 dBm
Medium blinking Green Signal level –50 to –47 dBm
Solid Amber Signal level –53 to –50 dBm
Fast blinking Amber Signal level –57 to –53 dBm
Table 3-1 Access Point LED Signals
LED Message Type Color Meaning