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Enterprise 450 LEDs

Front Panel LEDs

The LEDs consist of two types: system health indicators and fault indicators. The system health indicators light to show you that the system is functioning normally. The fault indicators light when a problem is detected in the system. Because it is important for you to know that a fault exists in the system, the fault indicators remain lit when the system is reset or switched to standby mode using the keyswitch.

When you first power on the system, the LEDs are individually toggled on and off to verify that each one is working correctly. After that, the LEDs operate as described in the following table.

Name Icon Description
Power-on This green LED lights steadily when the system power is on and the keyswitch is in the On, Diagnostics, or Locked position.
General fault This yellow LED blinks slowly while the system runs its power-on self-test (POST) diagnostics and blinks rapidly during OpenBoot diagnostic (OBDiag) tests. It lights steadily when any fault is detected (including a fault also reported by any other LED).
Activity This green LED blinks continuously to indicate that the system is operating normally.
Disk fault This yellow LED lights steadily to indicate a fault in one of the hard disk drives. When this LED is lit, one or more disk LEDs may also be lit, indicating the source of the fault.
Temperature fault This yellow LED lights steadily to indicate an over-temperature condition in the system or a faulty fan assembly.
Power supply fault This yellow LED lights steadily to indicate a fault in one of the power supplies. When this LED is lit, LEDs on the rear of the power supply will indicate the source of the fault.

Power Supply LEDs

Power supply LEDs are visible from the rear of the system. The following figure shows the LEDs on the power supply in bay 0.

Name Icon Description
Load Status

The LED is green when any output (excluding pre-charge and standby) is loaded at less than 90% of its rated output.

The LED is amber when any output (excluding pre-charge and standby) is loaded beyond 90% of its rated output.

AC-Present-Status This green LED is lit to indicate that the primary circuit has power.
DC Status This green LED is lit to indicate that all DC outputs from the power supply are functional.

Disk LEDs

The disk LEDs are visible from the front of the system when the bottom door is open, as shown in the following figure.

Note: The center support of the disk cage is marked with the slot number for each disk drive. Starting at the bottom, the disks are numbered from 0 to 19.

When a disk LED lights steadily and is green, it indicates that the slot is populated and that the drive is receiving power. When an LED is green and blinking, it indicates that there is activity on the disk. Some applications may use the LED to indicate a fault on the disk drive. In this case, the LED changes color to yellow and remains lit. The disk drive LEDs retain their state even when the system is powered off or the keyswitch is turned to the Standby position..

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