Remotely toggling the server UID LED on and off

Prerequisites

This procedure is done in the IPMItool CLI. If this tool is not yet installed, download the tool from the Sourceforge website (https://sourceforge.net/projects/ipmitool.)

Procedure
  1. To open a Linux terminal, click Applications > Terminal.
  2. Do one of the following:
    • To remotely turn on the UID LED, enter the following command:

       ipmitool -H  <IP> -U admin -P <Password> raw 0x00 0x04 0x00 0x01  turn on UID LED

      The UID LEDs on the server and on the chassis flashes blue.

    • To remotely turn off the UID LED, enter the following command:

       ipmitool -H  <IP> -U admin -P <Password> raw 0x00 0x04 0x00 0x01  turn off UID LED

    Where:

    IP is the server IP address.

    Password is the AMI MegaRAC SP-X GUI login password.

  3. Close the Linux terminal.

The procedure is complete.