Diagnostic panel LEDs

The following illustration shows the LEDs on the diagnostics panel inside the server. See Table 1 on page 19 for information on identifying problems using these LEDs.

CPU

DASD

Memory

 

 

NMI

PCI

SP Bus

Bus A B C D

Event Log

Power

Non Red

Supply 1 2 3 4

Over Spec

Fan

Temp

System board connector

Diskette drive connector

The meanings of these LEDs are as follows:

CPU

Microprocessor fault

Memory

Memory fault

PCI Bus A (PCIA)

PCI bus A fault

PCI Bus B (PCIB)

PCI bus B fault

PCI Bus C (PCIC)

PCI bus C fault

PCI Bus D (PCID)

Not implemented at this time

Power supply 1

Power supply number 1 failure

Power supply 2

Power supply number 2 failure

Power supply 3

Power supply number 3 failure

FAN

Fan failure

DASD

Hard disk drive fault

NMI

Nonmaskable interrupt

SP Bus

Service processor failure

Event Log

Not implemented at this time.

NON RED

Nonredundant power mode

OVER SPEC

Over specification

TEMP

System temperature failure

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8682 specifications

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