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Chapter 3

Monitoring the Router


You can monitor your GTX Series router by checking the status lights on the front of your router and also on the modules on the router's back panel.

Front Panel

Modem Module

ISDN Modules

ISDN With POTS Modules

Ethernet

DDS CSU/DSU Module

T1 CSU/DSU Module

E1 Module

Front Panel

There are six status lights on the front of the router. These lights indicate the current overall status of the router.

Light State Indicates...
PWR
(Power)
On

Blinking

Off

Power supply is operating within its specifications.

Bad power supply.

Power is turned off, or power supply is bad.

OK On

Blinking

Off

Router is running its operational software.

Router is running its diagnostics or startup (BOOT) software.

Router is not running.

ETH
(Ethernet)
On

Blinking

Off

LAN connection to your local network is up.

Router is sending and receiving user data on its LAN link.

Ethernet interface is not running.

MD1
MD2
MD3
(Module 1, 2, 3)
On

Blinking

Off

Connection is up, and the router is sending maintenance data to the remote device on its link.

Router is sending and receiving user data on its link.

Module installed in the particular slot is not running, or no module is installed.

Modem Module

Each of the Modem modules (the 33.6 K and the 56 K) has a single status light for the telephone LINE connection.

Light State Indicates...
LINE On


Blinking

Off

Modem has an active connection to another modem.

NA


Modem does not have an active connection to another modem.

ISDN Modules

There are three green status lights on the ISDN U and S/T modules. These lights indicate the ISDN BRI status of the two B and one D channels. Both B and D channel lights go off when you restart the router.

Light State Indicates...
B1 On

Blinking

Off

Call established on the B1 channel.

Traffic is on the B1 channel.

B1 channel is not in use or is idle.

B2 On

Blinking

Off

Call established on the B2 channel.

Traffic is on the B2 channel.

B2 channel is not in use or is idle.

D On

Blinking

Off

Router is linked to the telephone company.

Traffic is on the D channel.

Router is not linked to the telephone company. This is an error in North America but okay in Europe.

ISDN With POTS Modules

In addition to the three status lights common to all ISDN modules (B1, B2, D), the ISDN with POTS modules have two additional status lights, one for each of the telephone connectors (TEL 1 and TEL 2).
Light State Indicates...
B1 On

Blinking

Off

Call established on the B1 channel.

Traffic is on the B1 channel.

B1 channel is not in use or is idle.

B2 On

Blinking

Off

Call established on the B2 channel.

Traffic is on the B2 channel.

B2 channel is not in use or is idle.

D On

Blinking

Off

Router is linked to the telephone company.

Traffic is on the D channel.

Router is not linked to the telephone company. This is an error in North America but okay in Europe.

TEL 1 TEL 2 On

Blinking

Off

Has an active connection to the attached device.

Active ringing signal.

Does not have an active connection to the attached device.

Ethernet

The fixed Ethernet connection and the Ethernet module have two status lights. The right one is for link status, and the left one is for traffic status.

Light State Indicates...
LNK (for Link)
(Right)
On

Blinking

Off

Ethernet connection is established.

N/A

No Ethernet connection established.

ACT (for Activity)
(Left)
On

Blinking

Off

NA

Traffic is being transmitted or received over the Ethernet connection.

NA

DDS CSU/DSU Module

This module has three amber status lights.

Light Indicates...
ALM Alarm condition indicating the loss of loop current, bi-polar violations, loss of signal, out of service/out of sync, out of frame, and unmatched control code.

TST Module is in loopback test mode.

LOS Loss of signal indicating that the module is unable to sync to the incoming data stream.

T1 CSU/DSU Module

This module has three amber status lights.

Light Indicates...
ALM Alarm condition indicating standard blue, yellow, or red alarm conditions.

TST Module is in loopback test mode.

LOS Loss of sync indicating that the module is unable to sync to the incoming data stream.

E1 Module

This module has three amber status lights.

Light Indicates...
ALM Alarm condition indicating the following:

TST Module is in loopback test mode.

LOS Loss of sync indicating that the module is unable to sync to the incoming data stream.



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