asterisk users - Dec 2011 - Digium TE205P leds flash red on startup

Hi,

I have a new Digium TE205P 2-span E1 card I just installed on a server.

As soon as I boot the machine, the card's leds flash red (ports 1 and 2) -
even when in the BIOS.

That's not good, right?

I don't have another machine to test at the moment but would like to know
what to expect.
I have several single-span E1 cards and when the machine boots, their leds are
off until the kernel module is loaded.

What could be the problem with my TE205P? Could it be damaged (brand new) or is
it more likely to be a PCI-BIOS issue?

Thanks,

Vieri

On Thu, Dec 15, 2011 at 11:05 AM, Vieri <rentorbuy at yahoo.com>
wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have a new Digium TE205P 2-span E1 card I just installed on a server.
>
> As soon as I boot the machine, the card's leds flash red (ports 1 and
2) - even when in the BIOS.
>
> That's not good, right?
>
> I don't have another machine to test at the moment but would like to
know what to expect.
> I have several single-span E1 cards and when the machine boots, their leds
are off until the kernel module is loaded.
>
> What could be the problem with my TE205P? Could it be damaged (brand new)
or is it more likely to be a PCI-BIOS issue?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Vieri
That is normal expected behavior.  The card is in a red alarm state
that just means there is no link.  Its fine.

-- 
~ Andrew "lathama" Latham lathama at gmail.com http://lathama.net ~

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Vieri" <rentorbuy at yahoo.com>
> As soon as I boot the machine, the card's leds flash red (ports 1 and
> 2) - even when in the BIOS.
> 
> That's not good, right?
This is normal, no need to be concerned.

On Thursday 15 December 2011, Vieri wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have a new Digium TE205P 2-span E1 card I just installed on a server.
> 
> As soon as I boot the machine, the card's leds flash red (ports 1 and
2) -
> even when in the BIOS.
> 
> That's not good, right?
No, it's normal behaviour until the card's firmware has been loaded. 
Which
can't happen until the kernel is booted; and probably will not happen until 
the Zaptel or DAHDI startup script runs.


-- 
AJS

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