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Cisco ASA 5500-X Series Hardware Installation Guide
Chapter 1 Information about the ASA 5500-X
ASA Chassis Panels
Figure 1-3 shows the front panel LEDs for the ASA 5545-X and ASA 5555-X models.
3 Alarm Indicates system operating status:
• Off—Normal operating system function.
• Flashing amber—Critical Alarm indicating one or more of the
following:
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a major failure of a hardware or software component.
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an over-temperature condition.
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power voltage is outside of the tolerance range.
4 VPN Indicates VPN tunnel status:
• Solid green—VPN tunnel is established.
• Off—No VPN tunnel is established.
5 HD Indicates Hard Disk Drive status:
• Flashing green—Proportioned to read/write activity.
• Solid amber—Hard disk drive failure.
• Off—No hard disk drive present.
6 PS Indicates the power supply status
7 Active Indicates the status of the failover pair:
• Solid green—Failover pair is operating normally.
• Off—Failover is not operational.
8 Boot Indicates power-up diagnostics:
• Flashing green—Power-up diagnostics are running, or system
is booting.
• Solid green—System has passed power-up diagnostics.
• Off—Power-up diagnostics are not operational.