Descriptions of the front panel LEDs are listed in the following table.
Table 2. Description of Front Panel LEDs
LED Name
Power/Sleep LED Green
Status
Hard Drive
Activity
NIC 1 Activity
NIC 2 Activity
ID LED (rack
only)
*
When the server is powered down (transitions to the DC-off state or S5), the BMC is still on
standby power and retains the sensor and front panel status LED state established before the
power-down event. If the system status is normal when the system is powered down (the
LED is in a solid green state), the system status LED will be off.
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Color
Condition Description
ON
Power On
OFF
Off
Green
ON
System Ready
Green
BLINK
System ready, but degraded: some CPU fault, DIMM killed
Amber
ON
Critical alarm: Critical power module failure, critical fan
failure, voltage (power supply), voltage and thermal fault
Amber
BLINK
Non-critical failure: Redundant fan failure, redundant power
failure, non-critical power and voltage
OFF
AC power off; powered down (DC-off state or S5), and no
degraded, non-critical, critical conditions exist*
Green
BLINK
Hard drive activity
Linked
Green
ON
Green
BLINK
LAN activity
Idle
OFF
Green
ON
Linked
LAN activity
Green
BLINK
OFF
Idle
Server identification; Toggled by ID button or software
Blue
BLINK
OFF
Server identification; Toggled by ID button or software
Setting up the System