Front panel LEDs and buttons
Item Description Status
1 Drive activity LED Flashing green = Ongoing drive activity
Off = No drive activity
This LED only reflects the status of LFF/SFF drives and SSD that
are connected to the onboard SATA ports.
2 NIC status LED Solid green = Linked to network
Flashing green = Network active
Off = No network activity
This LED only reflects the status of Ethernet connections
managed by the embedded Broadcom BCM5720 Gigabit Ethernet
controller.
3 Health LED Solid green = Normal
Flashing amber = One or more components is in degraded
condition.
1
Flashing red = One or more components is in critical condition.
1
4 Power on/Standby button and
system power LED
Flashing green = Ongoing power-on sequence
Solid green = System on and normal operation
Amber = System in standby
Off = No power present
2
1
To identify which component is in the degraded or critical state, reboot the server. A POST error message screen showing
the affected component will appear for about 30 seconds. Depending on how critical the component health status is, the
system boot may or may not be completed. For troubleshooting information, see Error messages during system
bootup.
10 Front panel LEDs and buttons