IBM LS42 - BladeCenter - 7902 Installation And User Manual page 22

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If there is no response when you press the KVM select button, you can use the
management-module Web interface to determine whether local control has been
disabled on the blade server.
Notes:
1. The operating system in the blade server must provide USB support for the
2. If you install a supported Microsoft Windows operating system on the blade
Media-tray select button: Press this button to associate the shared BladeCenter
unit media tray (removable-media drives and front-panel USB ports) with the blade
server. The LED on the button flashes while the request is being processed, and
then is lit when the ownership of the media tray has been transferred to the blade
server. It can take approximately 20 seconds for the operating system in the blade
server to recognize the media tray.
If there is no response when you press the media-tray select button, you can use
the management-module Web interface to determine whether local control has been
disabled on the blade server.
Note: The operating system in the blade server must provide USB support for the
blade server to recognize and use the removable-media drives and front-panel USB
ports.
Activity LED: When this green LED is lit, it indicates that there is activity on the
hard disk drive or network.
Location LED: The system administrator can remotely light this blue LED to aid in
visually locating the blade server. When this LED is lit, the location LED on the
BladeCenter unit is lit also. The location LED can be turned off through the
management-module Web interface or through IBM Director Console.
Information LED: When this amber LED is lit, it indicates that information about a
system error for the blade server has been placed in the management-module
event log. The information LED can be turned off through the management-module
Web interface or through IBM Director Console.
Blade-error LED: When this amber LED is lit, it indicates that a system error has
occurred in the blade server. The blade-error LED will turn off only after the error is
corrected.
Power-on LED: This green LED indicates the power status of the blade server in
the following manner:
v Flashing rapidly: The service processor (BMC) on the blade server is
v Flashing slowly: The blade server has power but is not turned on.
v Lit continuously: The blade server has power and is turned on.
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BladeCenter LS22 and LS42 Type 7901 and 7902: Installation and User's Guide
blade server to recognize and use the keyboard and mouse, even if the
keyboard and mouse have PS/2-style connectors.
server while it is not the current owner of the KVM, a delay of up to 1 minute
occurs the first time that you switch the KVM to the blade server. During this
one-time-only delay, the blade server device manager enumerates the
keyboard, video, and mouse and loads the device drivers. All subsequent
switching happens in the normal KVM switching time frame (up to 20 seconds).
communicating with the management module.

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