Operator information panel, Operator, Information – IBM xSeries 235 User Manual

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PCI-X

slot

attention

LED:

This

green

LED

flashes

approximately

once

per

second

when

it

is

on.

This

LED

is

visible

from

the

rear

of

the

server

and

from

inside

the

server.

The

meaning

of

the

attention

LED

is

defined

by

your

operating

system.

For

an

illustration

showing

this

LED

on

the

system

board,

see

the

Option

Installation

Guide

on

the

IBM

xSeries

Documentation

CD.

For

additional

information,

see

the

“LEDs

for

Active

PCI

slots”

in

the

Hardware

Maintenance

Manual

and

Troubleshooting

Guide

on

the

IBM

xSeries

Documentation

CD.

NMI

button:

The

Non-Maskable

Interrupt

(NMI)

button

is

for

service

use

only.

DC

power

LED:

This

green

LED

provides

status

information

about

the

power

supply.

During

typical

operation,

both

the

ac

and

dc

power

LEDs

are

on.

For

any

other

combination

of

LEDs,

see

the

Hardware

Maintenance

Manual

and

Troubleshooting

Guide

on

the

IBM

xSeries

Documentation

CD.

AC

power

LED:

This

green

LED

provides

status

information

about

the

power

supply.

During

typical

operation,

both

the

ac

and

dc

power

LEDs

are

on.

For

any

other

combination

of

LEDs,

see

the

Hardware

Maintenance

Manual

and

Troubleshooting

Guide

on

the

IBM

xSeries

Documentation

CD.

Operator

information

panel

The

following

illustration

shows

the

status

LEDs

on

the

operator

information

panel

on

the

front

of

the

server.

TX

RX

OK

1

Power-on
LED

POST-
complete LED

Hard disk drive
activity LED

Information
LED

System-
error LED

Ethernet transmit/
receive activity LED

/

Important:

If

the

power-on

LED

is

off,

it

does

not

mean

there

is

no

electrical

current

present

in

the

server.

The

LED

might

be

burned

out.

To

remove

all

electrical

current

from

the

server,

you

must

unplug

the

server

power

cords

from

the

electrical

outlets

or

from

the

uninterruptible

power

device.

Power-on

LED:

When

this

green

LED

is

on,

power

is

present

in

the

server.

When

this

LED

flashes,

the

server

is

in

Standby

mode

(the

system

operating

system

is

turned

off

and

ac

current

is

present).

When

this

LED

is

off,

the

power

subsystem,

the

ac

power,

or

an

LED

has

failed.

POST-complete

LED:

This

green

LED

is

on

when

POST

is

completed

without

any

errors.

Hard

disk

drive

activity

LED:

This

green

LED

flickers

when

there

is

activity

on

a

hard

disk

drive.

Information

LED:

When

this

amber

LED

is

on,

the

server

power

supplies

are

nonredundant,

or

some

other

noncritical

event

has

occurred.

The

event

is

recorded

in

the

Error

log.

See

“Choices

available

from

the

Configuration/Setup

main

menu”

on

page

16

for

instructions

for

viewing

the

Error

log.

Check

the

diagnostic

LED

panel

for

more

detailed

information

(see

the

Hardware

Maintenance

Manual

and

Troubleshooting

Guide

on

the

IBM

xSeries

Documentation

CD).

Chapter

1.

Introducing

the

IBM

xSeries

235

Type

8671

server

11

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