View status indicators on SG100 and SG1000 appliances

12/01/2021 Contributors

The appliance includes indicators that help you determine the status of the appliance controller and the two SSDs.

Appliance indicators and buttons

	Display	State
1	Power button	Blue: the appliance is powered on. Off: the appliance is powered off.
2	Reset button	Use this button to perform a hard reset of the controller.
3	Identify button	This button can be set to Blink, On (Solid), or Off. Blue, blinking: Identifies the appliance in the cabinet or rack. Blue, solid: Identifies the appliance in the cabinet or rack. Off: The appliance is not visually identifiable in the cabinet or rack.
4	Alarm LED	Amber, solid: An error has occurred. Note: To view the boot-up and error codes, you must access the BMC interface. Off: No errors are present.

Display

State

Power button

Reset button

Use this button to perform a hard reset of the controller.

Identify button

This button can be set to Blink, On (Solid), or Off.

Alarm LED

Amber, solid: An error has occurred.

Note: To view the boot-up and error codes, you must access the BMC interface.
Off: No errors are present.

During boot-up or after a hard reset of the appliance, the following occurs:

The baseboard management controller (BMC) logs codes for the boot-up sequence, including any errors that occur.
The power button lights up.
If any errors occur during boot-up, the alarm LED lights up.

To view the boot-up and error codes, you must access the BMC interface.

LED	Display	State
1	Drive status/fault	Blue (solid): drive is online Amber (blinking): drive failure Off: slot is empty
2	Drive active	Blue (blinking): drive is being accessed

LED

Display

State

Drive status/fault

Drive active

Blue (blinking): drive is being accessed

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