Troubleshooting
troubleshooting with the system LEDs
power and system LEDs
activity LED
2–6
Several LEDs are on the front panel of the system. The following
sections describe their functions.
The Power and System LEDs indicate the state of the system.
Power LED
System LED
Off
Off
On (green)
Solid green
On (green)
Off
On (green)
Blinking orange (1/sec.)
On (green)
Blinking red (2/sec.)
The Activity LED indicates the state of disk and drive activity on the
system.
NOTE: The Activity LED is only active on systems purchased after
March 2003.
NOTE: The Activity LED automatically communicates with IDE
HDD or optical drives. To communicate with SCSI drives, a SCSI
LED activity cable must connect the SCSI card and the system board.
Activity LED
Off
Blinking (green)
State
Off
Running
Booting
Attention
Fault
State
Off or no current disk/drive
activity
Disk drive being accessed
Getting Started Guide