System health and system ID indicator codes
The system health and system ID indicator is located on the left control panel of the system.
System health and
system ID indicator
code
Condition
Solid blue Indicates that the system is powered on, is healthy, and system ID mode is not active. Press the
system health and system ID button to switch to system ID mode.
Blinking blue Indicates that the system ID mode is active. Press the system health and system ID button to
switch to system health mode.
Solid amber Indicates that the system is in fail-safe mode.
If the problem persists, see Dell Technologies Support.
Blinking amber Indicates that the system is experiencing a fault. Check the System Event Log for specific error
messages. For information about the event and error messages generated by the system firmware
and agents that monitor system components, go to qrl.dell.com > Look Up > Error Code, type the
error code, and then click Look it up.
iDRAC Quick Sync 2 indicator codes
iDRAC Quick Sync 2 module (optional) is on the left control panel of the system.
iDRAC Quick Sync 2
indicator code
Condition Corrective action
Off (default state) Indicates that the iDRAC Quick Sync
2 feature is powered off. Press the
iDRAC Quick Sync 2 button to power
on the iDRAC Quick Sync 2 feature.
If the LED fails to power on, reseat the left control panel
flex cable and check.
If the problem persists, see Dell Technologies Support.
Solid white Indicates that iDRAC Quick Sync 2
is ready to communicate. Press the
iDRAC Quick Sync 2 button to power
off.
If the LED fails to power off, restart the system.
If the problem persists, see Dell Technologies Support.
Blinks white rapidly Indicates data transfer activity.
If the indicator continues to blink indefinitely, see Dell
Technologies Support.
Blinks white slowly Indicates that firmware update is in
progress.
If the indicator continues to blink indefinitely, see Dell
Technologies Support.
Blinks white five times
rapidly and then powers off
Indicates that the iDRAC Quick Sync
2 feature is disabled.
Check if the iDRAC Quick Sync 2 feature is disabled by
iDRAC.
If the problem persists, see Dell Technologies
Support. www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals or Dell
OpenManage Server Administrator User’s Guide at
https://www.dell.com/openmanagemanuals.
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