Overview 
  1.2 Design of the device 
SIMATIC IPC847D 
Operating Instructions, 01/2014, A5E32997454-AA 
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Flashes slowly 
RED 
•  Link status error 
•  IO controller: IO device cannot be 
addressed 
•  IO controller: Duplicate IP address 
Flashes rapidly 
Exception error: diagnostics via Web or 
SNMP is no longer possible 
RED 
•  Diagnostics information available 
•  No communication established 
WATCHDOG   WATCHDOG status 
display 
WATCHDOG monitoring enabled 
TEMP   Internal temperature 
monitoring 
Internal temperature critical  
FAN   Fan status (only with 
active DiagBase or 
RED  Fan speed too low 
HDD0 ALARM 
HDD1 ALARM 
HDD2 ALARM 
Hard disk alarm of the 
HDDs integrated in 
RAID in connection 
with monitoring 
software *** 
HDD0, HDD1 or HDD2 is not OK 
All RED  RAID not OK  
(for information on locating the faulty 
HDD, refer to the RAID system section) 
HDD | HDD3 
ALARM ** 
Read or write access to the hard drive 
Hard disk alarm of the 
HDDs integrated in 
RAID in connection 
with monitoring 
software *** 
OFF or GREEN 
RAID is OK 
RED or 
RED/GREEN 
HDD3 is not OK 
HDD3 is not OK and other HDDs are 
All RED  RAID not OK (for information on 
locating the faulty HDD, refer to the 
GREE/RED 
flashing 
RAID is synchronized 
All displays are 
BIOS post code  All lit  CPU startup failure, Error in early POST 
* For unique labeling, the LAN interfaces are numbered
 on the enclosure. The numbering by the 
operating system may deviate from this. 
** The HDD | HDD3 ALARM LED also displays the hard disk activity for all hard disks.
 
*** A hot-spare drive of a RAID system is not displayed.