About the 5270 Appliance control panel

The front control panel provides push button system controls and LED indicators for several system features.

Figure: 5270 Control panel

Table: Control panel system LED descriptions

Item	LED	System information
A1	Power button with integrated LED (Blue)	The Power button toggles the system on and off. This button also functions as a sleep button if enabled by an ACPI compliant operating system. Pressing this button sends a signal to the integrated BMC that either powers on or powers off the system. Holding the power button for 10 seconds or more leads to a hard shutdown. The integrated LED is a single color (blue) and supports different indicator states as defined in the following table.
A2	System ID button with integrated LED (Blue)	ON: If the IPMI Chassis Identify command is received. It will automatically tuen off after 15 seconds (by default). If the Chassis ID button on the front panel is pressed. Press the button again to turn off the LEDs. Blinking: Unit selected for identification. OFF: No identification request.
A3	Status LED (Red)	ON: Critical failure: Critical fan, voltage, temperature state. Non-critical failure: Non-critical fan, voltage, temperature state, CPU thermal trip, DC off. Detected case intrusion alert. OFF: SEL cleared. Last pending warning or error has been de-asserted.

Item

LED

System information

Power button with integrated LED

(Blue)

The Power button toggles the system on and off. This button also functions as a sleep button if enabled by an ACPI compliant operating system. Pressing this button sends a signal to the integrated BMC that either powers on or powers off the system. Holding the power button for 10 seconds or more leads to a hard shutdown.

The integrated LED is a single color (blue) and supports different indicator states as defined in the following table.

System ID button with integrated LED

(Blue)

ON:
- If the IPMI Chassis Identify command is received. It will automatically tuen off after 15 seconds (by default).
- If the Chassis ID button on the front panel is pressed. Press the button again to turn off the LEDs.
Blinking:
Unit selected for identification.
OFF:
No identification request.

Status LED

(Red)

ON:
- Critical failure: Critical fan, voltage, temperature state.
- Non-critical failure: Non-critical fan, voltage, temperature state, CPU thermal trip, DC off.
- Detected case intrusion alert.
OFF:
- SEL cleared.
- Last pending warning or error has been de-asserted.

About the 5270 Appliance control panel

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