Remotely Toggling The Server Uid Led On And Off; Rear Panel Components; 1U System Rear Panel Components - HPE Apollo z70 Maintenance And Service Manual

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also flashes blue. Activating the UID LED allows an onsite technician to quickly identify a chassis for

maintenance tasks.

Authorized users can remotely toggle the UID LED on and off using the IPMItool. When activated through

IPMItool, the UID LED will continue to flash blue until it is turned off again in IPMItool.

Remotely toggling the server UID LED on and off

Prerequisites

This procedure is done in the IPMItool CLI. If this tool is not yet installed, download the tool from the

Sourceforge website (https://sourceforge.net/projects/ipmitool.)

Procedure

1. To open a Linux terminal, click Applications > Terminal.

2. Do one of the following:

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To remotely turn on the UID LED, enter the following command:

ipmitool -H

The UID LEDs on the server and on the chassis flashes blue.

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To remotely turn off the UID LED, enter the following command:

ipmitool -H

Where:

IP is the server IP address.

Password is the AMI MegaRAC SP-X GUI login password.

3. Close the Linux terminal.

The procedure is complete.

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Description

Server node 4

Server node 3

<IP> -U admin -P <Password> raw 0x00 0x04 0x00 0x01

turn on UID LED

turn off UID LED

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