System diagnostics and indicator codes
The diagnostic indicators on the system front panel display system status during system startup.
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PowerEdge MX5016s System diagnostics and indicators
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PowerEdge MX5000s System diagnostics and indicator codes
PowerEdge MX5016s System diagnostics and
indicators
System health indicator codes
The system health indicator is located on the front panel of the sled. The status indicators indicate the health condition of the PowerEdge
MX5016s storage sled.
Table 14. Health status indicators codes
System health indicator codes
Condition
Solid blue
Indicates that the system is powered on, system is healthy, and
system ID mode is not active.
Blinking blue
Indicates that the system ID mode is active.
Blinking amber
Indicates that the system is experiencing a fault. Check the System
event log or the LCD panel, if available on the bezel, for specific error
messages. For more information about error messages, see the
Dell
Event and Error Messages Reference Guide
at
>
OpenManage software
.
Drive status LED indicators
Table 15. Drive status LED indicator
Drive status LED indicators
Condition
OFF
Indicates that the storage sled is not
mapped to any compute sled, or that all
compute sleds to which it is mapped are
powered off. The storage sled is safe to
remove in this case.
Solid green
Indicates that the storage sled is mapped to
one or more compute sleds and that any of
the mapped compute sleds is powered on.
Blinking green
Indicates that the storage sled is mapped to
a compute sled and there is activity on any
of the internal drives of the storage sled.
Blinking amber
Indicates that a drive within the storage
sled has been marked as failed by the disk
controller on a mapped compute sled.
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System diagnostics and indicator codes
