Identifying A Part In An Ibm I System Or Logical Partition; Finding The Location Code And Activating The Indicator Light For A Part By Using The Ibm I Operating System - IBM Power Systems 9008-22L Manual

6. Select Commit. This turns on the amber indicator LED for the part and the blue indicator LED on the
system.
Important: A flashing amber LED indicates the location of the part and a solid amber LED indicates
that the part is failing.
7. Exit to the command line.

Identifying a part in an IBM i system or logical partition

You can activate or deactivate the indicator light to locate a part in an IBM i system or logical partition.
Finding the location code and activating the indicator light for a part by using the IBM i operating
system:
You can search the service action log for an entry that matches the time, reference code, or resource of a
problem, and then activate the indicator light for a part.
Procedure
1. Sign on to an IBM i session, with at least service level authority.
2. On the command line of the session, type strsst and press Enter.
Note: If you cannot navigate to the System Service Tools (SST) display, use function 21 from the
control panel. Alternatively, if the system is managed by a Hardware Management Console (HMC),
use the Service Focal Point utilities to navigate to the Dedicated Service Tools (DST) display.
3. Type your service tools user ID and service tools password on the System Service Tools (SST) Sign
On display and press Enter.
Remember: The service tools password is case sensitive.
4. Select Start a service tool from the System Service Tools (SST) display and press Enter.
5. Select Hardware service manager from the Start a Service Tool display and press Enter.
6. Select Work with service action log from the Hardware Service Manager display and press Enter.
7. On the Select Timeframe display, change the From: Date and Time field to a date and time prior to
when the problem occurred.
8. Search for an entry that matches one or more conditions of the problem:
v System reference code
v Resource
v Date and time
v Failing item list
9. Select option 2 (Display failing item information) to display the service action log entry.
10. Select option 2 (Display details) to display location information for the failing part to be replaced.
The information displayed in the date and time fields is the date and time for the first occurrence of
the specific system reference code for the resource displayed during the selected time range.
11. If location information is available, select option 6 (Indicator on) to turn on the indicator light for the
part.
Tip: If the part does not contain a physical indicator light, a higher-level indicator light is activated.
For example, the indicator light for the backplane or unit that contains the part might be lit. In this
case, use the location information to locate the actual part.
12. Look for the enclosure indicator light to locate the enclosure that contains the part.
Important: A flashing amber LED indicates the location of the part and a solid amber LED indicates
that the part is failing.
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Power Systems: System processor modules for the 9008-22L, 9009-22A, or 9223-22H