Force Switch Port LED to Blink

Hi Guys,
Does anyone know if there is a method of forcing a non connected switch port LED to blink for a certain number of times regardless if there is anything connected.
The purpose of this is we have remote 3750 switch stacks and quite often have to tell non technical staff to patch to a certain port. It would be much easier if we could say "Connect it to the empty port which just started blinking orange" as the port numbers are difficult for them to see in these locations.
A similar feature is available in the ethtool package for linux which makes it really easy for identifying ports on servers. It would be great if a similar feature is available on Cisco switches.
Thanks,

Hi Kris,
The Nexus 5K, 7K and MDS platforms allow use of interface beacon mode:
switch(config)# interface ethernet 3/1
switch(config-if)# beacon
The beacon mode allows you to identify a physical port by flashing its link-state LED with a green light. At this stage, the feautre is not available platforms. Hope this helps!

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