Okay....so the title about covers what the problem is. I have a server
with a blinking status led (the little orange guy). The issue itself
has been fixed (was a problem on boot with the X server...prtdiag
shows everything to be perfect in the system) but the light continue's
to blink it's little heart out.

I've googled everything I can think of, I've read all of the manuals
for this server, I've even asked on the sun forums...nothing has been
found. I just need to get the damn light off as my NOC keeps calling
me about it at 10pm asking why it's blinking.

Is there a command in Solaris to stop the light or to even see the
status of it?? Is this something that I will have to do from the GUI?

Thanks in advance.

On Mar 15, 3:33 pm, muzsc...@gmail.com wrote:
> Okay....so the title about covers what the problem is. I have a server
> with a blinking status led (the little orange guy). The issue itself
> has been fixed (was a problem on boot with the X server...prtdiag
> shows everything to be perfect in the system)

Hmm, my X2100's light started blinking for no apparent reason as well.
There's nothing in the manual about interpreting this, as far as I
could tell. (Which is really very strange, since somebody wanted that
light, and went to a lot of trouble designing it. Even the shade of
amber seems carefully chosen. But how is anyone to know what it
MEANS?)

I ran all the diagnostics I could find, and nothing turned up wrong,
nor did system logs indicate anything that might correlate to the
blink. So I re-flashed the SMDC and did some basic configuration on
it. I never got the SMDC to work (that's another post) but those steps
did clear the blink.

> but the light continue's
> to blink it's little heart out.
>
> I've googled everything I can think of, I've read all of the manuals
> for this server, I've even asked on the sun forums...nothing has been
> found. I just need to get the damn light off as my NOC keeps calling
> me about it at 10pm asking why it's blinking.
>
> Is there a command in Solaris to stop the light or to even see the
> status of it?? Is this something that I will have to do from the GUI?
>
> Thanks in advance.

On Mar 15, 2:38 pm, "toby" <t...@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
> On Mar 15, 3:33 pm, muzsc...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > Okay....so the title about covers what the problem is. I have a server
> > with a blinking status led (the little orange guy). The issue itself
> > has been fixed (was a problem on boot with the X server...prtdiag
> > shows everything to be perfect in the system)
>
> Hmm, my X2100's light started blinking for no apparent reason as well.
> There's nothing in the manual about interpreting this, as far as I
> could tell. (Which is really very strange, since somebody wanted that
> light, and went to a lot of trouble designing it. Even the shade of
> amber seems carefully chosen. But how is anyone to know what it
> MEANS?)
>
> I ran all the diagnostics I could find, and nothing turned up wrong,
> nor did system logs indicate anything that might correlate to the
> blink. So I re-flashed the SMDC and did some basic configuration on
> it. I never got the SMDC to work (that's another post) but those steps
> did clear the blink.
>
> > but the light continue's
> > to blink it's little heart out.
>
> > I've googled everything I can think of, I've read all of the manuals
> > for this server, I've even asked on the sun forums...nothing has been
> > found. I just need to get the damn light off as my NOC keeps calling
> > me about it at 10pm asking why it's blinking.
>
> > Is there a command in Solaris to stop the light or to even see the
> > status of it?? Is this something that I will have to do from the GUI?
>
> > Thanks in advance.


okay this'll sound stupid but what is the SMDC....i am still
relatively new to sun hardware and solaris as a whole.

On Mar 15, 3:40 pm, muzsc...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mar 15, 2:38 pm, "toby" <t...@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Mar 15, 3:33 pm, muzsc...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > Okay....so the title about covers what the problem is. I have a server
> > > with a blinking status led (the little orange guy). The issue itself
> > > has been fixed (was a problem on boot with the X server...prtdiag
> > > shows everything to be perfect in the system)
>
> > Hmm, my X2100's light started blinking for no apparent reason as well.
> > There's nothing in the manual about interpreting this, as far as I
> > could tell. (Which is really very strange, since somebody wanted that
> > light, and went to a lot of trouble designing it. Even the shade of
> > amber seems carefully chosen. But how is anyone to know what it
> > MEANS?)
>
> > I ran all the diagnostics I could find, and nothing turned up wrong,
> > nor did system logs indicate anything that might correlate to the
> > blink. So I re-flashed the SMDC and did some basic configuration on
> > it. I never got the SMDC to work (that's another post) but those steps
> > did clear the blink.
>
> > > ...
>
> okay this'll sound stupid but what is the SMDC....i am still
> relatively new to sun hardware and solaris as a whole.

See:
- http://www.sun.com/products-n-soluti...#pgfId-1001667
- http://www.sun.com/products-n-soluti...dex.html#62795

Your X2100 may not have this option.

On Mar 15, 5:30 pm, "toby" <t...@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
> On Mar 15, 3:40 pm, muzsc...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Mar 15, 2:38 pm, "toby" <t...@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
>
> > > On Mar 15, 3:33 pm, muzsc...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > > Okay....so the title about covers what the problem is. I have a server
> > > > with a blinking status led (the little orange guy). The issue itself
> > > > has been fixed (was a problem on boot with the X server...prtdiag
> > > > shows everything to be perfect in the system)
>
> > > Hmm, my X2100's light started blinking for no apparent reason as well.
> > > There's nothing in the manual about interpreting this, as far as I
> > > could tell. (Which is really very strange, since somebody wanted that
> > > light, and went to a lot of trouble designing it. Even the shade of
> > > amber seems carefully chosen. But how is anyone to know what it
> > > MEANS?)
>
> > > I ran all the diagnostics I could find, and nothing turned up wrong,
> > > nor did system logs indicate anything that might correlate to the
> > > blink. So I re-flashed the SMDC and did some basic configuration on
> > > it. I never got the SMDC to work (that's another post) but those steps
> > > did clear the blink.
>
> > > > ...
>
> > okay this'll sound stupid but what is the SMDC....i am still
> > relatively new to sun hardware and solaris as a whole.
>
> See:
> -http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/html/819-3721-1...
> -http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/html/819-3722-1...
>
> Your X2100 may not have this option.

Yeah we do not have this option...still fighting with what it could be
and the stupid light is still blinking.

On Mar 16, 3:45 pm, muzsc...@gmail.com wrote:
> On Mar 15, 5:30 pm, "toby" <t...@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Mar 15, 3:40 pm, muzsc...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > On Mar 15, 2:38 pm, "toby" <t...@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
>
> > > > On Mar 15, 3:33 pm, muzsc...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > > > Okay....so the title about covers what the problem is. I have a server
> > > > > with a blinking status led (the little orange guy). The issue itself
> > > > > has been fixed (was a problem on boot with the X server...prtdiag
> > > > > shows everything to be perfect in the system)
>
> > > > Hmm, my X2100's light started blinking for no apparent reason as well.
> > > > There's nothing in the manual about interpreting this, as far as I
> > > > could tell. (Which is really very strange, since somebody wanted that
> > > > light, and went to a lot of trouble designing it. Even the shade of
> > > > amber seems carefully chosen. But how is anyone to know what it
> > > > MEANS?)
>
> > > > I ran all the diagnostics I could find, and nothing turned up wrong,
> > > > nor did system logs indicate anything that might correlate to the
> > > > blink. So I re-flashed the SMDC and did some basic configuration on
> > > > it. I never got the SMDC to work (that's another post) but those steps
> > > > did clear the blink.
>
> > > > > ...
>
> > > okay this'll sound stupid but what is the SMDC....i am still
> > > relatively new to sun hardware and solaris as a whole.
>
> > See:
> > -http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/html/819-3721-1...
> > -http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/html/819-3722-1...
>
> > Your X2100 may not have this option.
>
> Yeah we do not have this option...still fighting with what it could be
> and the stupid light is still blinking.

It might be interesting to run the HW diagnostics from the
Supplemental CD, although as I mentioned, this didn't reveal anything
on my X2100 (and the blink 'fixed itself'[1] anyway). Latest version
is on Sun's web site: http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/x2100/downloads.jsp

[1] Notwithstanding that "They don't fix themselves" (Spoor, 'Brazil')

On Mar 17, 9:54 pm, "toby" <t...@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
> On Mar 16, 3:45 pm, muzsc...@gmail.com wrote:
>
>
>
> > On Mar 15, 5:30 pm, "toby" <t...@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
>
> > > On Mar 15, 3:40 pm, muzsc...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > > On Mar 15, 2:38 pm, "toby" <t...@telegraphics.com.au> wrote:
>
> > > > > On Mar 15, 3:33 pm, muzsc...@gmail.com wrote:
>
> > > > > > Okay....so the title about covers what the problem is. I have a server
> > > > > > with a blinking status led (the little orange guy). The issue itself
> > > > > > has been fixed (was a problem on boot with the X server...prtdiag
> > > > > > shows everything to be perfect in the system)
>
> > > > > Hmm, my X2100's light started blinking for no apparent reason as well.
> > > > > There's nothing in the manual about interpreting this, as far as I
> > > > > could tell. (Which is really very strange, since somebody wanted that
> > > > > light, and went to a lot of trouble designing it. Even the shade of
> > > > > amber seems carefully chosen. But how is anyone to know what it
> > > > > MEANS?)
>
> > > > > I ran all the diagnostics I could find, and nothing turned up wrong,
> > > > > nor did system logs indicate anything that might correlate to the
> > > > > blink. So I re-flashed the SMDC and did some basic configuration on
> > > > > it. I never got the SMDC to work (that's another post) but those steps
> > > > > did clear the blink.
>
> > > > > > ...
>
> > > > okay this'll sound stupid but what is the SMDC....i am still
> > > > relatively new to sun hardware and solaris as a whole.
>
> > > See:
> > > -http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/html/819-3721-1...
> > > -http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/html/819-3722-1...
>
> > > Your X2100 may not have this option.
>
> > Yeah we do not have this option...still fighting with what it could be
> > and the stupid light is still blinking.
>
> It might be interesting to run the HW diagnostics from the
> Supplemental CD, although as I mentioned, this didn't reveal anything
> on my X2100 (and the blink 'fixed itself'[1] anyway). Latest version
> is on Sun's web site:http://www.sun.com/servers/entry/x2100/downloads.jsp
>
> [1] Notwithstanding that "They don't fix themselves" (Spoor, 'Brazil')

I just downloaded the cd and as long as I can get an okay from the
customer I will rebooting with the cd in place to see what I can find.