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PathBuilder S24x, 26x, and 27x Switch Error Codes
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Appendix C
PathBuilder S24x, 26x, and 27x Switch Error Codes
Overview
Numeric LED 
Display
The 2-character numeric LED display provides system diagnostic codes to assist in 
troubleshooting. When the Service LED is ON, a 2-digit code on the numeric LED 
display corresponds to a certain event or failure. 
Status Display 
Error Codes
The following table lists the codes that may appear.
Numeric
Display
Status 
LED
Service 
LED
Description/Comments
00
Flicker
OFF
FBIST motherboard test
01-08
Flicker
OFF
FBIST I/O card test
00-08
OFF
ON
Slot # of highest priority card diagnostic failure
20
OFF
ON
Modem card failure
30
OFF
ON
PBIST—FLASH failure
31
OFF
ON
PBIST—CMEM failure
33
OFF
ON
Lab strap installed
34
OFF
ON
CMEM battery bad
40
OFF
ON
PBIST—Invalid FLASH checksum
41
OFF
ON
Alternate FLASH loaded
42
OFF
ON
Default CMEM loaded—incompatible CMEM 
image detected
43
OFF
ON
Alternate configuration loaded
44
OFF
ON
FLASH being erased; this takes a few minutes
45
OFF
ON
Waiting for flash file; Port 6 configured at 9600 
bps
45.
OFF
ON
Waiting for flash file; Port 6 configured at 
19200 bps
4.5.
OFF 
ON
Waiting for flash file; Port 6 configured at 
115200 bps
46
Blinking
ON
Status OK—loading
46
No Blink ON
Load problem— reset node and restart cold 
load procedure.
47
OFF
ON
Copying from RAM to FLASH; this takes a 
few minutes