Table 1-4

Front Panel Controls and LEDs

 

 

LED

Function

States

Status

 

Manually powers the server

Off

No ac power

 

on and off.

Green

Full power is on

Power Button

 

 

Yellow

Standby power is on

 

Helps locate a particular

Off

UID button is not activated

 

server within a rack of

Blue

UID button is activated

UID Button

servers. You can remotely

 

activate this button using

 

 

 

various system utilities.1

 

 

Init Button

Resets the system;

 

 

 

irrecoverably halts all

 

 

 

system processing and I/O

 

activity and restarts the

 

 

 

server.

 

 

Provides information about the system status.

System Health LED

Indicates the status of internal serviceable components. This LED maintains its state when the system is in standby mode (system power turned off but ac power still applied to

Internal Health LED the system). When the internal health LED is lit, the corresponding failed component LED illuminates on the diagnostic panel. See Chapter 5 (page 139) for more details on the internal health LEDs.

Off

System is off

Green

Normal operation

Flashing amber

Warning

Flashing red

System fault

Off

System is off

Green

System health is good

Flashing amber

System health is degraded

Flashing red

System health is critical

External Health LED

Indicates the status of

Off

System is off

 

external serviceable

Green

System health is good

 

components. When the

 

external health LED is lit,

Flashing amber

System health is degraded

 

the corresponding failed

 

 

 

 

component LED

Flashing red

System health is critical

 

illuminates.

 

 

 

1There is an additional UID LED and button located on the rear panel of the server. Both UID LEDs illuminate when you activate either the front or rear UID buttons.

Figure 1-9shows the front control panel LEDs.

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HP INTEGRITY RX3600 manual Front Panel Controls and LEDs, 9shows the front control panel LEDs

INTEGRITY RX3600 specifications

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