Drive LED Status Description
1 Drive activity LED (left) Solid green
The drive is powered but not active.
Blinking green The drive is active.
2 Drive status LED (right) Solid yellow The drive has an error.
Blinking yellow (blinking slowly, about one
flash per second)
The drive is being rebuilt.
Blinking yellow (blinking rapidly, about four
flashes per second)
The drive is being identified.
Front operator panel LEDs
This topic provides information on the front operator panel LEDs.
The following illustration shows the front operator panel on the media bay. For some server models, the front
operator panel is integrated on the rack latch. See
“Front I/O module” on page 15.
Figure 140. Front operator panel LEDs
1 Power button with power status LED (green) 2 Network activity LED (green)
3 System ID button with system ID LED (blue) 4 System error LED (yellow)
1 Power button with power status LED (green)
You can press the power button to power on the server when you finish setting up the server. You also can
hold the power button for several seconds to power off the server if you cannot shut down the server from
the operating system. The states of the power LED are as follows:
Status Color Description
Off
None Power is not present, or the power supply has failed.
Fast blinking
(about four
flashes per
second)
Green The server is off, but the XClarity Controller is initializing, and the server is not
ready to be powered on.
Slow blinking
(about one flash
per second)
Green The server is off and is ready to be powered on (standby state).
Solid on Green
The server is on and running.
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