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I have a Cisco SG500-52 switch.
On boot the Fan light comes on green, and the System light starts blinking green. No other lights show (no port lights at all).
I tried rebooting or resetting the switch using the small reset hole / button, but it doesn't respond at all. Not after 10 seconds, nor 30 seconds, nor a minute.
Any ideas? This switch did work at one time.
The Quick Start manual suggests perhaps its performing a self-check or waiting to acquire an IP address.
Front Panel LEDs
Master—(Green) Lights steady when this switch is a stack master.
Fan—(Green) Lights steady when the cooling fan is operational, blinks green if there is a failure.
System LED—(Green) Lights steady when the switch is powered on, and flashes when booting, performing self tests, or acquiring an IP address. If the LED flashes Amber, the switch has detected a hardware failure.
MAC address is not valid! MAC address is not valid, you can't use multicast or broadcast address. Enter MAC address and press ENTER( XX:XX:XX:XX:XX:XX ) :So it is asking me to enter in a MAC address? I left it blank and pressed enter just to see what would happen. Again it repeatedMAC address is not validand alsoError occurred - MAC address not changed. Then it asked forEnter Hardware Revision (XX.XX.XX):Then it asked forEnter Serial Number. Seems like it is doing the initial setup that they do in the factory, maybe?Serial Numberand aMAC IDon a barcode sticker on the back of the unit. Maybe I should try entering these values? However, I have no idea what to put for Hardware Revision. There is aPID VIDon the same sticker which isSG500-52-K9 V01but I'm not sure how to translate that into theXX.XX.XXformat that the Console is requesting.