In this article I’ll discuss how to fix a Cisco 3750 24 Port power over Ethernet (PoE) switch with a rapidly blinking amber PoE light. Amber lights usually indicate something bad, so I consoled into the switch and did a “show power inline” to find out that several ports showed faulty PoE operation. Here’s how to resolve the issue…
Interface Admin Oper …
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Fa1/0/1 auto faulty …
I opened a TAC case & was instructed to fix the problem by simply rebooting the switch. The technician did note that in some cases rebooting the switch may not resolve the problem and in those rare cases the switch needed to be replaced completely–awesome.
When I did reboot the switch, I noticed that every switch daisy chained after the affected one also performed a reset thereby bouncing all clients attached to those switches temporarily. So if you’ve got a blinking PoE light on your switch, just reboot it, but make sure you do it early in the morning or late at night…especially if you’ve got lots of other switches in your stack.
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6 responses to “Fix a Cisco 3750 with blinking PoE light”
Helo
Awesome post – i’m creating video about it and i will post it to youtube !
if you think to help or just need a link send me email !
Sounds great. I know this problem took me a whole day to figure out, so the easier it is to find the fix, the better. Let me know if you need anything.
hello ,
plz , can i have the video link ?
thanx a lot
This can also often be resolved without rebooting the switch. It ca be done by simply shutting down and restarting the interface affected.
In your case:
conf t
int Fa1/0/1
shut
no shut
^z
wr
Then confirm with the “show power inline” command from the enable mode. Obviously if a faulty device was the cause then you want to remove it first.
Thanks for that. Much appreciated
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