HP ProLiant Gen8 Troubleshooting Guide Volume I: Troubleshooting

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Item LED Status Definition
Flashing amber The drive is not configured and predicts the drive will fail.
Solid amber The drive has failed.
Off The drive is not configured by a RAID controller.
System power LED definitions
The system power LED is located on the Power On/Standby button and each status is defined as follows:
System power LED Definition
Off (Server)
System has no power.
Off (Server blade)
If the Health Status LED bar is off, then the system has no power.
If the Health Status LED bar is flashing
green, then the Power On/Standby Button service
is being initialized.
Solid amber
System is in standby, Power On/Standby Button service is initialized.
Flashing green
System is waiting to power on, Power On/Standby button is pressed.
Solid green
System is powered on.
Health status LED bar definitions (blades only)
HP ProLiant Gen8 server blades have a health status LED bar with the following status definitions:
• Solid Green = Normal
• Flashing Green = Power On/Standby Button service is being initialized.
• Flashing Amber = Degraded condition
• Flashing Red = Critical condition
If the health LED status bar is flashing red, contact HP technical support ("Contacting HP technical
support or an authorized reseller" on page 92).
Front panel LEDs and buttons (HP ProLiant ML and DL servers only)
Description Status
UID LED/button
Solid blue = Activated
Flashing blue (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = Remote management or firmware
upgrade in progress
Off = Deactivated
Power On/Standby button and
system power LED
Solid green = System on
Flashing green (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = Performing power on sequence
Solid amber = System in standby
Off = No power present*
Health LED
Solid green = Normal
Flashing amber = System degraded
Flashing red (1 Hz/cycle per sec) = System critical
Fast-flashing red (4 Hz/cycles per sec) = Power fault**