NEC SV8500, Operation And Maintenance Manual

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CHAPTER 2 Operations of SV8500 Server
2. ALARM INDICATIONS
If trouble occurs in the system, the system activates an appropriate remedial action such as system changeover,
make-busy of the circuit card, restart processing by executing the automatic diagnostic function. Results of the
action taken and the faulty situation are displayed by the alarm indication and system message (s). This section
describes the alarm indication. For the system messages, refer to Chapter 3.
2.1 Kinds of Alarm Indications
The system will alert the maintenance personnel of any failure occurred in the system by the following in-
dications.
(a) Alarm Lamps
• Front panel
• Each circuit card
• Each peripheral equipment
(b) System Messages
• Displayed on the PCPro
2.2 How to Stop Alarm Indications
To stop the alarm indication after the failure is solved, do the following.
STEP 1 Execute DFTD command from PCPro to collect the recorded system messages.
STEP 2 Execute the RALM command from PCPro. Note
Note: When RALM is executed, all system messages will be cleared. Be sure to collect the system messages
before using RALM.