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Indicators, Messages, and Codes

Dell™ PowerEdge™ 2500 Systems Installation and Troubleshooting Guide

Bezel Indicators

System Messages

Front-Panel Indicators and Features

System Beep Codes

Back-Panel Features

Warning Messages

SCSI Hard-Disk Drive Indicator Codes

Diagnostics Messages

Redundant Power Supply Features

Alert Log Messages From the Dell OpenManage Server Agent

Applications, operating systems, and the system itself are capable of identifying problems and alerting you to them. When a problem occurs, a message may appear on the monitor screen or a beep code may sound.

Several different types of messages can indicate when the system is not functioning properly:

System messages

System beep codes

Warning messages

Diagnostics messages

Alert messages

SCSI hard-disk drive indicator codes

The system indicators and the front and back panel features are illustrated in Figures 2-1 through 2-5. This section also describes each type of message and lists the possible causes and actions you can take to resolve any problems indicated by a message. To determine what type of message you have received, read the following sections.

Bezel Indicators

When the bezel is in place on the system, it has two indicators (see Figure 2-1). The hard-disk drive activity indicator and the ESM indicator. The ESM indicator flashes amber when the system needs attention. The ESM indicator indicates a power problem, a fan/temperature problem, a hard drive problem, or that the PCI expansion cards need attention.

Figure 2-1. Bezel Indicators

Front-Panel Indicators and Features

Two indicators are located on the front-panel: the hard-disk drive indicator and the ESM indicator. The ESM indicator flashes amber when the system needs attention. The amber ESM indicator indicates a power problem, a system fan or power supply fan problem, temperature problem, a hard-disk drive problem, or that the PCI expansion cards need attention. The power supplies and hard-disk drives also have indicators which can be seen when the bezel is removed. The CD-ROM and diskette drives have green activity indicators.

Figure 2-2. Front-Panel Features

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Dell 2500 manual Indicators, Messages, and Codes, Bezel Indicators, Front-Panel Indicators and Features

2500 specifications

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