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Chapter 2. Power, controls, and indicators
Use this information to view power features, turn on and turn off the blade server,
and view the functions of the controls and indicators.
Blade server controls and LEDs
Use this information for details about the controls and LEDs on the blade server.
Note: The control panel door is shown in the closed position in the following
illustration. To access the power-control button, you must open the control panel
door.
Keyboard/video/mouse (KVM) select button: Press this button to associate the
shared BladeCenter unit keyboard port, video port, and mouse port with the blade
server. The LED on this button flashes while the request is being processed and
then is lit when the ownership of the keyboard, video, and mouse has been
transferred to the blade server. It can take approximately 20 seconds to switch the
keyboard, video, and mouse control to the blade server.
Using a keyboard that is directly attached to the management-module, you can
press keyboard keys in the following sequence to switch KVM control between
blade servers instead of using the KVM select button:
If there is no response when you press the KVM select button, you can use the
management-module Web interface to determine whether local control has been
disabled on the blade server. See http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/management/
for more information.
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KVM select button
NumLock NumLock blade_server_number Enter
blade_server_number is the two-digit number of the blade-server bay in which
the blade server is installed. A blade server that occupies more than one
blade-server bay is identified by the lowest bay number that it occupies.
Activity LED
Location LED
Information LED
Blade-error LED
Media-tray select
button
Power-control button
Power-on LED
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