System Information and Notification from the MX7000 graphical LCD control panel Dell EMC Technical White Paper
Revisions Revisions Date Description Jan 2019 Initial release Acknowledgements This paper was produced by the following members of the Dell EMC storage engineering team: Author: Santosh Bidaralli and Christopher Poblete 2 System Information and Notification from the MX7000 graphical LCD control panel | Document ID
Table of contents Table of contents Revisions.............................................................................................................................................................................2 Acknowledgements .............................................................................................................................................................2 Introduction ......................................................................................................
Introduction Introduction PowerEdge MX7000 next-generation modular chassis with the touch screen LCD on the left control panel provides an enhanced graphical capability to the at-the-box chassis management.
Navigating the LCD Parts of the LCD panel The top section of the LCD is the logo (Figure-1 item 1). The logo is always lit when there is AC power input to the chassis and the Management Module is functional. The logo has no response to touch. The middle section of the LCD is the active touch screen (Figure-1 item 2) where the user interaction occurs. The screen is arranged as a menu that contains buttons. Each button (Figure-1 item 3) contains a combination of icon and text.
Out-of-the-box initial deployment with LCD LCD navigation guide As a guide, the user touch interaction in the figures in this document is depicted as a light green airbrush. Although it is seemingly located at the corner of the screen so that it does not block the button text/icon, the actual press or touch is more effective if done in the middle. TIP: For a more responsive swipe, lightly touch the screen, then slowly and lightly make a sliding movement.
System information (Figure-3 item 4) for the selection to take effect. The selected Home menu (Figure-3 item 5) is displayed and the wizard is complete. System information System information from Home menu System information from Home menu System information is available from the Home menu if it is configured for the Home-with-SysInfo (Figure-4 item 1). Swipe up the menu to see the rest of the menu.
Chassis power state and notification System information from Settings System information is available from the Settings menu. Starting from the Home menu, select Main menu (Figure-5 item 1). Then select Settings (Figure-5 item 2).
Power state in LCD When the chassis power is in the OFF state, the LCD Main menu displays an unplug icon (Figure-6 item 1) at the top. If the unplug icon is pressed, a power is OFF message is displayed (Figure-7 item 4). When the chassis power is in the ON state, the LCD Main menu display does not have the unplug icon (Figure-6 item 2).
Update notification Update notification Management module firmware update MM firmware update notification When the Management Module firmware is being updated, the LCD display in any menu (Figure-8 item 1) will change to display the firmware-update-in-progress message (Figure-8 item 2). The message is displayed for a few seconds and then change to display the LCD-lost-communication reconnect in-progress icon (Figure-8 item 3). A step in the firmware update is reboot of the firmware.
Chassis health notification When the LCD micro-controller firmware is being updated, the LCD display will turn off the active touch screen section and the combo LED icon will rapidly blink amber (Figure-9 item 1). Upon completion of the update, the LCD will display the Home menu.
Help button Dismiss chassis not healthy notification When the chassis state is not healthy and you have acknowledged all the associated faults (Alerts), you may dismiss the chassis not-healthy notification. From the Main menu, press the Alerts button (Figure-11 item 1). In the next menu, press the Dismiss button (Figure-11 item 2). Confirm to proceed with Dismiss by pressing the Yes button (Figure-11 item 3).
References Help button References 13 OpenManage Mobile (OMM) is a mobile device client application for systems management that supports PowerEdge MX7000. See the OMM User’s Guide for more information. OpenManage Enterprise Modular (OME-M) is the chassis management firmware embedded in the Management Module for PowerEdge MX7000. See the OME-M User’s Guide for more information.
