Determine Whether Hardware Failed

To verify whether a hardware failure occured, the following conditions occur:

  1. The amber Service Action Required LED is illuminated on the failed component.

  2. The chassis Service Action Required LEDs (both front and back) are illuminated.

    The chassis Service Action Required LEDs serve as summary indicators, notifying you that a hardware failure has occurred on one (or more) of the components in the chassis.

    Note

    If the chassis Service Action Required LEDs are lit but no components have failed, it means that fault management has detected an external fault (such as ambient air temperature outside acceptable limits), which may affect the system as a whole. See also Chassis Faults.

  3. The Components page in the ILOM web interface identifies which component has experienced a hardware failure; it's Fault Status is listed as Faulted.

    If there is a faulted component, the chassis (/CH) Fault Status is Faulted as well.

  4. The CLI's show command can be used to identify which component has experienced a hardware failure; the failed component is listed with fault_state = Faulted.

    If there is a faulted component, the chassis (/CH) fault_state = Faulted as well.

  5. The fault associated with the hardware failure is recorded in the system event log.