Sun Fire 880 Dynamic Reconfiguration User's Guide

About Slot LEDs

Inside the Sun Fire 880 system, status LEDs provide power, fault, and hot-plug indications for each PCI card slot. Each LED is labeled with an icon as shown below:

The following quick reference tables summarize how to interpret the LEDs for various hot-plug scenarios. In each table, the LED states are represented as follows:

Table 2-1 Removing a Card


Step		Description
1		Slot occupied; Power LED on; card is logically connected
2		Start hot-plug removal via push button or `cfgadm` command
3		Fault LED blinks during unconfigure operation
4		Operation successful; OK-to-Remove LED turns on
5		Remove card; OK-to-Remove LED turns off

Table 2-2 Removing a Card - Card Busy


Step		Description
1		Slot occupied; Power LED on
2		Start hot-plug removal via push button or `cfgadm` command
3		Fault LED blinks briefly during unconfigure operation
4		Card busy; check system console messages

Table 2-3 Adding a Card


Step		Description
1		Slot empty; all LEDs off
2		Insert new card; OK-to-Remove LED turns on upon insertion
3		Start hot-plug addition via push button or `cfgadm` command
4		Power LED lights; Fault LED blinks during configure operation
5		Operation successful; Power LED remains on

Table 2-4 Adding a Card - Fault Encountered


Step		Description
1		Slot empty; all LEDs off
2		Insert new card; OK-to-Remove LED turns on upon insertion
3		Start hot-plug addition via push button or `cfgadm` command
4		Fault LED blinks during configure operation
5		Fault encountered; Fault LED turns on
6		Remove faulty card
7		Slot empty; all LEDS off