This section explains how to operate maintenance LEDs.
Activating a server blade's maintenance LED make it easy to identify a server from others. When replacing servers, it is recommended to use this function to identify which server blade should be replaced.
To activate the maintenance LED of a managed server running either a physical OS or a VM host, the server should be placed into maintenance mode first.
For details on maintenance mode, refer to "Appendix C Maintenance Mode" in the "User's Guide for Infrastructure Administrators (Resource Management) CE".
Note
Maintenance LED control is only available for PRIMERGY BX servers. The actual LED used as an identification LED differs between server models.
For PRIMERGY BX600 servers, the power LED is used (blinks when activated).
For PRIMERGY BX900 servers, the ID indicator is used (lit when activated).
If SNMP agent settings within the management blade configuration are incorrect, maintenance LED operations in Resource Orchestrator will end successfully, but the state of the identification LED will not change. Configure the settings correctly, referring to "8.2 Configuring the Server Environment" in the "Design Guide CE".
Activating a Maintenance LED
Use the following procedure to activate a server blade's maintenance LED.
In the ROR console server resource tree, right-click the target server, and select [LED]-[ON] from the popup menu.
The [Turning on Maintenance LED] dialog is displayed.
Click <OK>.
Selecting the [Automatically turn off] checkbox will automatically shut down the server after activating its maintenance LED.
Note
Once the maintenance LED of a server blade is activated, new errors detected in that server cannot be checked from its LED anymore. Check the server status directly from the ROR console.
Deactivating a Maintenance LED
Use the following procedure to deactivate a server blade's maintenance LED.
In the ROR console server resource tree, right-click the target server, and select [LED]-[OFF] from the popup menu.
The [Turning off Maintenance LED] dialog is displayed.
Click <OK>.
The maintenance LED is turned off.
