5U84 Controller Module And Iom Leds; Initial Start-Up Problems; Troubleshooting 2U Enclosures - Dell PowerVault ME5 Series Owner's Manual

Table 20. DDIC LED states
Fault LED (Amber)
Off
Off
Blinking: 1s on/1s off
Any links down: On
On
Off
Off
Off
Off
Blinking: 3s on/1s off
Off
Blinking: 3s on/1s off
Off
Off
*If multiple conditions occur simultaneously, the LED state will behave as indicated by the condition listed earliest in the table,
as rows are read from top to bottom.
Each DDIC has a single Drive Fault LED. A disk drive fault is indicated if the Drive Fault LED is lit amber. In the event of a disk
failure, replace the DDIC.

5U84 controller module and IOM LEDs

Controller module and IOM CRUs are common to the 2U and 5U84 enclosures.
● For information about controller module LEDs, see
● For information about IOM LEDs, see

Initial start-up problems

The following sections describe how to troubleshoot initial start-up problems.

Troubleshooting 2U enclosures

Common problems that may occur with your 2U enclosure system.
The Module Fault LED on the Ops panel lights amber to indicate a fault for the problems listed in the following table:
NOTE: All alarms also report through SES.
Table 21. Troubleshooting 2U alarm conditions
Status
PCM alert – loss of DC power from a single PCM
PCM fan fail
SBB module detected PCM fault
PCM removed
Status/description*
Off (disk module/enclosure)
Not present
Identify
Drive link (PHY lane) down
Fault (leftover/failed/locked-out)
Available
Storage system: Initializing
Storage system: Fault-tolerant
Storage system: Degraded (non-critical)
Storage system: Degraded (critical)
Storage system: Quarantined
Storage system: Offline (dequarantined)
Storage system: Reconstruction
Processing I/O (whether from host or internal activity)
IO Module LEDs.
12 Gb/s controller module
Severity
Fault – loss of redundancy
Fault – loss of redundancy
Fault
Configuration error
LEDs.
Troubleshooting and problem solving
Alarm
S1
S1
S1
None
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