In the middle of a live VLAN readressing of a 200-node company, I encountered this gem. The ports just kept blinking on even after plugging out the cables. (HP aruba 24 port switch)

One turned off after a reboot.

  • Red@reddthat.com
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    12 hours ago

    Port 4 is slightly pulled out, you can see the cable difference between 2and4. which I think is what OP was getting at.

    It’s probably touching just enough pins to keep active

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      10 hours ago

      It doesn’t seem to be, they look like different cables, look at the strain relief after the clear part, looks like a different pattern and shorter. They are probably both fully seated.

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        9 hours ago

        Hmm maybe I was wrong. Either way I think we can both agree this is everything just working normally…