Description

On the EX4650 device, the customer recently changed the some of the interface port speed from 40G to 10G in a Virtual Chassis setup .

 

Following this change, the interfaces began blinking green instead of showing a steady green light. This behavior raised concerns for the customer about whether the ports are functioning correctly.

 

Symptoms

The customer observed the following output while checking the LED status, where the ports are continuously blinking green as shown in the below command. 

 

root@switch> show chassis led
                LED status for: FPC 0
                -----------------------------------
LEDs status:
    Alarm LED : Red
    Beacon LED: Off
    System LED: Green
    Master LED: Green

Interface       STATUS LED
-------------------------------------
xe-0/0/0        Green Blinking
xe-0/0/1        Green Blinking
xe-0/0/2        Green Blinking
xe-0/0/3        Green Blinking
xe-0/0/4        Green Blinking
xe-0/0/5        Off
xe-0/0/6        Green Blinking
xe-0/0/7        Green Blinking
xe-0/0/8        Green Blinking
xe-0/0/9        Green Blinking
xe-0/0/10       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/11       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/12       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/14       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/15       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/16       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/17       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/18       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/19       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/20       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/21       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/22       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/23       Green Blinking
ge-0/0/24       Off
xe-0/0/29       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/30       Off
xe-0/0/31       Green Blinking
ge-0/0/36       Green Blinking
ge-0/0/37       Green Blinking
ge-0/0/38       Green Blinking
ge-0/0/39       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/40       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/41       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/43       Off
xe-0/0/44       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/45       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/46       Green Blinking
xe-0/0/47       Green Blinking
et-0/0/50       Green
et-0/0/51       Green

Solution

Explained customer that this is known behavior as per EX4650s

 

According to the documentation for EX4650s, Status Green Indicates the speed.

 

The speed indicators are below 

 

Blinking green—1 Gbps and 10 Gbps

Stable green—25 Gbp

 

Hence as per the LED status mentioned in EX4650, The ports which configured with 10G Speed are expected to blink in green.

 

 

 

Modification History

2025-04-14 : Article Created