Front panel LEDs and buttons



Item Description Status
1 Power On/Standby button and system power LED1

  • Solid green = System on

  • Flashing green (1 flash per second) = Performing power on sequence

  • Solid amber = System in standby

  • Off = No power present2

2 UID button/LED1

  • Solid blue = Activated

  • Flashing blue:

    • 1 flash per second = Remote management or firmware upgrade in progress

    • 4 flashes per second = iLO manual reboot sequence initiated

    • 8 flashes per second = iLO manual reboot sequence in progress

    • 1 fast flash and then off for 3 seconds = iLO Service Port status is Complete

    • 4 medium flashes and then off for 1 second = iLO Service Port status is Busy

    • 8 fast flashes and then off for 1 second = iLO Service Port status is Error

  • Off = Deactivated

3 Health LED1

  • Solid green = Normal

  • Flashing green (1 flash per sec) = iLO is rebooting

  • Flashing amber = System degraded3

  • Flashing red (1 flash per sec) = System critical3

4 NIC status LED1

  • Solid green = Link to network

  • Flashing green (1 flash per second) = Network active

  • Off = No network activity

5 Front drive health/thermal LED

  • Solid green = Drives supported by the SAS expander are functional.4

  • Solid amber = Failure or predictive failure of one or more drives supported by the SAS expander4

  • Off = No power present2

1

When these four LEDs flash simultaneously, a power fault has occurred.

2

Facility power is not present, power cord is not attached, no power supplies are installed, power supply failure has occurred, or the front I/O cable is disconnected.

3

If the health LED indicates a degraded or critical state, review the system IML or use iLO to review the system health status

4

This LED behavior applies to all front drives, as well as to the rear drives connected to the internal drive cage backplane.