Note: See "Interpreting the front panel LEDs" for an explanation of what the LEDs
mean.
Interpreting the front panel LEDs
Use the following table to interpret the front panel LEDs on an N7000 series
system.
Monitoring the rear panel LEDs
The LEDs on the rear of the system are used to monitor the onboard ports.
For information about monitoring the LEDs for your optional Fibre Channel HBAs,
GbE adapter cards, or TCP Offload Engine (TOE) network interface cards (NICs),
refer to the IBM System Storage N series Platform Monitoring Guide.
Location of LEDs
Figure 6 on page 23 shows the location of the following onboard port LEDs:
v "Fibre Channel port LEDs" on page 23
v "Ethernet port LEDs" on page 23
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Table 10. N7000 series system front panel LED descriptions
LED label
Activity
Status
Power
Status indicator
Green
Flashing
Off
Green
Amber
Green
Off
Description
The system is operating and
is active.
The system is actively
processing data.
No activity is detected.
The system is operating
normally.
The system halted or a fault
occurred. The fault is
displayed in the LCD.
Note: This LED remains lit
during boot, while the
operating system loads.
The system is receiving
power.
The system is not receiving
power.