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You can also turn off the system attention LED via SST.

I do not have the screen in front of me but I believe it is under "hardware
service manager" and is "service action log".

you have to except the errors and clear the lights.



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Bryan Dietz
Aktion Associates

midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx wrote on 02/09/2005 05:12:28 AM:

> Thanks Justin for your answer. I could only test it today.
>
> Some precisions :
> To turn the led off, you have to select :
> "System configuration" then
> "Service indicators" and finally
> "System Attention Indicator"
>
> It works, but the only problem is that the led turned again on as
> soon as I disconnected the PC after operation. Does it mean we have
> to let the HMC port connected to a PC ?
>
> Thanks.
> Regards.
>
> -----Message d'origine-----
> De : midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]De la part de Haase, Justin C.
> Envoyé : jeudi 20 janvier 2005 15:12
> À : Haase, Justin C.; 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Objet : Correction: RE: Alert led
>
>
> Made an error here - you need to point your browser to
https://192.168.2.147
> for port HMC1 and https://192.168.3.147 for port HMC2.
>
> Sorry - was typing fast and got confused.
>
> Justin
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Haase, Justin C.
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 8:08 AM
> To: 'Midrange Systems Technical Discussion'
> Subject: RE: Alert led
>
> Good morning.  To fix your system attention LED on a single-image system,
> you need to  connect to ASM via one of the ports marked HMC1 or HMC2 on
the
> back of the machine.
>
> Since you have no HMC for the 520, you'll need to set the IP on your PC
to
> 192.168.2.1 if you want to use port HMC1 or 192.168.3.1 to use port HMC2.
> (The system sets itself as 192.168.2.147 and 192.168.3.147, so you really
> can use any other IP other than 147, but 1 is easy...)
>
> Do **NOT** plug the HMC ports in to your corporate LAN, it will pick up a
> DHCP address and is very hard to identify after doing so.  You will just
be
> running a cable between this temporary PC and the CEC of your 520.
>
> Once you configure your PC (let's say you're using HMC1 port) to have IP
> address 192.168.2.1, plug the cable from your PC's ethernet card in to
the
> HMC1 port.  You should get a link.  Point your browser to
> https://192.168.2.1 and click yes or OK through any warnings.  You will
get
> to Advanced System Management.  Once you're in there (you'll need to sign
in
> with "admin" - the password by default is "admin" and will need to be
> changed if you've never signed-on here - you can change it to be the same
> password if you want), navigate through the menus until you find the one
> that says "System Attention LED" and click the button to turn it off.
>
> The bad thing is that the LED on the system will turn on and not turn off
> until you've acknowledged any errors.  It's not like systems of old whose
> LED turns off when you fix the problem.  Take a look through the error
logs
> (also in ASM) to ensure nothing is wrong before you sign out.
>
> YMMV on this procedure, but if everything is default and set up
correctly,
> it should work.  Make ABSOLUTELY sure you go to httpS or it won't work.
>
> Justin C. Haase - iSeries System Administrator Kingland Systems
Corporation
> email - justin.haase@xxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> [mailto:midrange-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of MITTELHEISSER Jean
> Claude
> Sent: Thursday, January 20, 2005 7:47 AM
> To: Midrange Systems Technical Discussion
> Subject: Alert led
>
> Hi all,
>
> We started a pretty new 520 with no real problem. But still first start,
the
> alert led remains on. The IBM partner who helped me by starting told me
it's
> because we have no HMC connected and led can be turned off by simulating
> this HMC by a PC connected directly to the HMC port. Can somebody help ?
>
> Thanks.



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