Interpreting led activity – Dell POWEREDGE M1000E User Manual

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Interpreting LED activity

Each SAN I/O Module uses LEDs to indicate status. These LEDs are shown in

Figure 5

FIGURE 5

LED Locations

TABLE 4

Key to

Figure 5

Location

Indicator Color

Operation

FC (external)
port status

green/amber

Note: LED meanings are not valid during boot, diagnostics,
or POST.
Green:
Off (dark): No signal carrier or unlicensed.
Steady: Online normal active port but no port activity.
Flickering: normal active port (I/O activity).
Slow blink: Online but segmented.
Fast blink: Internal loopback.
Amber
Steady: Signal present but not online.
Slow blink or flash: Disabled port (less than two second
interval).
Fast (rapid) blink or flash: Error or fault with port (less than
1/2 second interval).

2 (status icon)
and 3 (LED)

module
status

green/amber

Off:
SAN I/O Module is off or power supplies for the Blade Server
or onboard DCC have failed.
Green:
No errors and all ports are ready for use.
Amber:
Steady: Boot-up state, port(s) offline, or in reset state.
Blinking (green/amber): One or more environmental ranges
are exceeded, or error log contains diagnostic error
messages.
Note: The LED might blink during testing.

4 (icons) and 5
(LED)

module
power

green

Off:
SAN I/O Module is off or power supplies for the Blade Server
Enclosure or onboard DCC have failed.
Green: Normal operation and power supply is functioning.
properly. Power is supplied by the Blade Server Enclosure.

6 (icon) 7
(LED)

server
management

blue/amber

Controlled by the Blade Server Enclosure's CMC. For details,
refer to the Hardware Owner’s Manual for Blade Server
Enclosure.