F5 8400, User Manual

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Using Additional IP Application Switch Functionality
Platform Guide: 8400 and 8800 4 - 3
To configure indicator LEDs to display node status
1. Display a command-line prompt on the BIG-IP system.
2. Type the following command:
cd /config
3. Using a text editor, such as vi or pico , open the file user_alert.conf .
4. Add the lines shown in Figure 4.1 to the end of the file.
5. Save the file and exit the text editor.
The front panel LEDs now indicate when nodes are marked down.
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Figure 4.1 Adding node status to the user_alert.conf file
Specific status indicated by the LEDs
This section includes some specific conditions that are not covered in the
definition tables in the
/etc/alertd/alert.conf .
Yellow intermittent Activity indicator LED
A yellow intermittent Activity LED indicates that host traffic is present.
Also, while the kernel is loading, the Activity indicator LED flashes yellow
intermittently when the disk is accessed. This condition is normal and
occurs only during boot up.
alert BIGIP_MCPD_MCPDERR_POOL_MEMBER_MON_DOWN "Pool member (.*?):(.*?) monitor status
down." {
snmptrap OID=".1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.4.0.10";
lcdwarn description="Node down" priority="1"
}
alert BIGIP_MCPD_MCPDERR_NODE_ADDRESS_MON_DOWN "Node (.*?) monitor status down." {
snmptrap OID=".1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.4.0.12";
lcdwarn description="Node address down" priority="1"
}
alert BIGIP_MCPD_MCPDERR_POOL_MEMBER_MON_UP "Pool member (.*?):(.*?) monitor status
up." {
snmptrap OID=".1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.4.0.11"
}
alert BIGIP_MCPD_MCPDERR_NODE_ADDRESS_MON_UP "Node (.*?) monitor status up." {
snmptrap OID=".1.3.6.1.4.1.3375.2.4.0.13"
}