No errors, Caution light still blinking

Question

I have read the users guide for this unit (PowerEdge 2650) and the Caution light which indicates an error is blinking.   OpenManage returns no errors, logs are clean.   How do I stop the unit from blinking? (It reminds me of Homer Simpson's 'Everything is O.K. alarm') It was useful when drive 0:1 lost its connection, and one of my virtual discs became non-redundant... now it's just an annoyance. (chicken little? the boy who cried wolf?)   -Brian Dieckman Sony DADC Global

FuZzZ · Answer

Try rebooting the machine, if that doesn't work, turn off the machine for a couple of minutes and turn it back on again. This always works for me! Message Edited by FuZzZ on 08-25-2005 11:40 AM

Sony DADC Print · Answer

Thanks for the tip Fuzzz.

I would rather not re-boot this machine; the clients are NetBeui and must restart themselves if the connection is lost... It's only been re-booted once in the year-and-a-half it's been operating!

If no one can provide a better solution, I'll give this a shot.

Thanks again!
-Brian Dieckman
Sony DADC Global

Dev Mgr · Answer

If you're running Windows and have DSET installed, if the error is from the ESM, DSET can select to clear the ESM error log. This would be done within the OS and wouldn't require a reboot.

Sony DADC Print · Answer

The only link to the DSET I could find was dead.   I was able, finaly, to get the light to stop it's infernal blinking...   I missed the ESM log when I was clearing logs. Once I cleared that, after about 10 minutes the light stopped blinking and I got the blue DELL logo again.   I just installed OpenManage on my PE 1750, this software is very useful!   (Now if I can just figure out this whole RAC thing...)   -Brian Dieckman Sony DADC Global

snapcase · Answer

I had the same thing happen to me on other PE's manager showed no errors. Rebooting helped 50% of the time. Look at the thresholds set for temperature and voltages. Also in the BIOS set error light to Fault and not warning. and monitor the Manager for any problems.

mcolman · Answer

To solve the blinking light 100% of the time, turn the machine off, pull the plug(s), wait 10 seconds, replug and restart. This procedure cuts all juice to the hardware that contains the ESM logs and wipes the log buffer clean. You can then restart and have a pretty blue light (no Kmart jokes, please).

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No errors, Caution light still blinking

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