F
RONT
P
ANEL
U
SER
I
NTERFACE
BMC
3-2
Front Panel User Interface
The BMC provides control panel interface functionality including indicators (Fault/status
and Identify LEDs) and buttons (Power/ID).
Power Button
The Power buttons allow to control the system status.
ID Button
The control panel Chassis Identify button toggles the state of the Chassis ID LED. If the ID
LED is off, then a button press will turn the LED on (blinking). If the LED is on, a button
press or IPMI Chassis Identify command will turn the LED off.
LEDs
The following table contains information on Status, ID and Heartbeat LED's.
The following table contains information on Status LED when amber blinking.
Table 3.1: Status LED, ID LED, and Heartbeat LED
LED
S
C
OLOR
S
TATUS
D
ESCRIPTION
Status LED
Amber (Status LED)
Blinking
System Event
(See following Status LED table.)
Off
Normal status
Blue
On
Power on
Off
Power off
ID LED
Blue
Off
Normal status
Blinking
Identify the system with interval
Solid ON
Identify the system
Heartbeat LED
Green
On/Off
BMC is not Ready
Blinking
BMC is Ready
Table 3.2: Status LED Activity
N
O
.
S
TATUS
LED A
CTIVITY
D
ESCRIPTION
1
Memory Error
0: Correctable Error
1: Uncorrectable Error
5: Correctable ECC error logging limit reached
2
QPI Error
Defined by BIOS and this sensor logged by BIOS.
3
POST Error
Defined by BIOS and this sensor logged by BIOS.