Viewing System Front Panel Lcd Status; Viewing System Front Panel Led Status; Hardware Trouble Indicators - Dell iDRAC7 User Manual

• Batteries
• Fans
• Intrusion
• Power Supplies
• Removable Flash Media
• Temperatures
• Voltages
You can view the status of the front panel of the managed system:
• For rack and tower servers: LCD front panel and system ID LED status or LED front panel and system ID LED status.
• For blade servers: Only system ID LEDs.

Viewing System Front Panel LCD Status

To view the LCD front panel status for applicable rack and tower servers, in iDRAC7 Web interface, go to Overview →
Hardware → Front Panel . The Front Panel page displays.
The Live Front Panel Feed section displays the live feed of the messages currently being displayed on the LCD front
panel. When the system is operating normally (indicated by Solid Blue color in the LCD front panel), then both Hide Error
and UnHide Error is grayed-out. You can hide or unhide the errors only for rack and tower servers.
To view LCD front panel status using RACADM, use the objects in the System.LCD group. For more information, see
RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC7 and CMC available at dell.com/support/manuals.
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Related Links
Configuring LCD Setting

Viewing System Front Panel LED Status

To view the current system ID LED status, in iDRAC7 Web interface, go to Overview → Hardware → Front Panel. The
Live Front Panel Feed section displays the current front panel status:
• Solid blue — No errors present on the managed system.
• Blinking blue — Identify mode is enabled (regardless of managed system error presence).
• Solid amber — Managed system is in failsafe mode.
• Blinking amber — Errors present on managed system.
When the system is operating normally (indicated by blue Health icon on the LED front panel), then both Hide Error and
UnHide Error is grayed-out. You can hide or unhide the errors only for rack and tower servers.
To view system ID LED status using RACADM, use the getled command. For more information, see the
Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC7 and CMC available at dell.com/support/manuals.
Related Links
Configuring System ID LED Setting

Hardware Trouble Indicators

The hardware related problems are:
• Failure to power up
• Noisy fans
• Loss of network connectivity
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