beautypg.com

Emu push-button leds, Audible alarm operations, Audible alarm sound patterns – HP 3000 Enterprise Virtual Array User Manual

Page 77

background image

NOTE:

Any time you press and release the bottom push-button (see 3,

Figure 35

), the display will change to

En, Li, rG, Au, or Er.

A flashing alphanumeric display indicates that you can edit an address, state, or view a condition report.

EMU push-button LEDs

The push-button LEDs display error conditions and the state of the

audible alarm

.

When an error condition exists, the top push-button LED is On.
• For a single error condition, the LED is On until the error condition is viewed.
• For multiple errors, the LED is On until the last error condition is viewed.

The bottom push-button LED is On only when the alarm is muted or disabled.

Audible alarm operations

Whenever an error condition exists, the

audible alarm

automatically sounds until all errors are corrected.

You have the option of either muting or disabling the alarm. Using these options results in the following

conditions:

A disabled

audible alarm

cannot sound.

Even when muted, any new error condition causes the alarm to sound.

Audible alarm patterns

The duration and number of times the

audible alarm

sounds, the sound pattern, is a function of the error

condition type. See

Table 20

for the duration and the approximate relationship of these alarms. The most

severe, active error condition controls the alarm pattern.

Table 20 Audible alarm sound patterns

Condition Type

Cycle 1

Cycle 2

UNRECOVERABLE

CRITICAL

NONCRITICAL

INFORMATION

Legend

Alarm On

Alarm Off

Controlling the audible alarm

You can control the alarm with the push-buttons. This process includes muting, enabling, and disabling.

When an error condition exists, the alphanumeric display reads Er, the alarm sounds, and you can:

Enterprise Virtual Array 3000/5000 user guide (VCS 3.110)

77