Blinking Or Unblinking Component Leds Using Web Interface; Blinking Or Unblinking Component Leds Using Racadm - Dell iDRAC 8 User Manual

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Blinking or unblinking component LEDs using web interface

To blink or unblink a component LED:
1.
In the iDRAC Web interface, go to any of the following pages as per your requirement:
Overview → Storage → Identify - Displays the Identify Component LEDs page where you can blink or unblink the
physical disks, virtual disks, and PCIe SSDs.
Overview → Storage → Physical Disks → Identify– Displays the Identify Physical Disks page where you can blink or
unblink the physical disks and PCIe SSDs.
Overview → Storage → Virtual Disks → Identify- Displays the Identify Virtual Disks page where you can blink or unblink
the virtual disks.
2.
If you are on the Identify Component LED page:
Select or deselect all component LEDs — Select the Select/Deselect All option and click Blink to start blinking the
component LEDs. Similarly, click Unblink to stop blinking the component LEDs.
Select or deselect individual component LEDs — Select one or more component(s) and click Blink to start blinking the
selected component LED(s). Similarly, click Unblink to stop blinking the component LEDs.
3.
If you are on the Identify Physical Disks page:
Select or deselect all physical disk drives or PCIe SSDs — Select the Select/Deselect All option and click Blink to start
blinking all the physical disk drives and the PCIe SSDs. Similarly, click Unblink to stop blinking the LEDs.
Select or deselect individual physical disk drives or PCIe SSDs — Select one or more physical disk drives and click Blink to
start blinking the LEDs for the physical disk drives or the PCIe SSDs. Similarly, click Unblink to stop blinking the LEDs.
4.
If you are on the Identify Virtual Disk page:
Select or deselect all virtual disks — Select the Select/Deselect All option and click Blink to start blinking the LEDs for all
the virtual disks. Similarly, click Unblink to stop blinking the LEDs.
Select or deselect individual virtual disks — Select one or more virtual disks and click Blink to start blinking the LEDs for the
virtual disks. Similarly, click Unblink to stop blinking the LEDs.
If the blink or unblink operation is not successful, error messages are displayed.

Blinking or unblinking component LEDs using RACADM

To blink or unblink component LEDs, use the following commands:
racadm storage blink:<PD FQDD, VD FQDD, or PCIe SSD FQDD>
racadm storage unblink:<PD FQDD, VD FQDD, or PCIe SSD FQDD>
For more information, see the iDRAC RACADM Command Line Reference Guide available at dell.com/idracmanuals.
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