2950 link lights solid green

[ARobinson]

I have an old 2950 switch and all the ports with a cable plugged in are solid green. No activity and some devices are working while others are not. How can I tell if the switch is UP or if I need to replace it?  Do I need to reboot it?  If so, how?

[Leo Laohoo]

How can I tell if the switch is UP or if I need to replace it?

Console into the switch from the back.   Read THIS.

Do I need to reboot it?  If so, how?

Pull the power cord, count to 5 and plug the power cable back in.

[ARobinson]

thanks for responding Leo. I know I can do it that way but I wanted to log into the switch and check to see if it was still "up"? I just don't recall the commands to do so...  I don't want to just "unplug it" because if may affect some users so I want to log in and do some "sho" commands or whatever I need to do before "unplugging" it.