Beaconing

Content Platform S Series Node Help

Version
4.0.0
Audience
anonymous
Part Number
MK-HCPS027-02

Some S Series Node components have an LED that can serve as a beacon. When blinking or lit solid, depending on the component, the beaconing LED lets you easily identify the applicable component in your data center.

In some situations, the S Series Node turns beaconing on or off automatically to help you identify components.

If you have the administrator or service role, you can use the HCP S Series Management Console or management API to turn beaconing on or off for these components:

  • S11 or S31 Node base enclosure: blinks
  • S32 Node base enclosure: lit solid
  • S11 or S31 Node server module: blinks
  • S32 Node server module: lit solid
  • Expansion enclosure: blinks
  • I/O module: blinks

In the Management Console, you use the diagrams on the ENCLOSURE and SERVER MODULE pages to turn beaconing on or off for a component. While beaconing is on for a component, the identifying LED blinks or is lit solid, as applicable, in the component diagram.

The procedure below uses the Management Console to turn beaconing on or off for a component.

  1. In the Management Console, go to Hardware > Overview.
  2. Take one of these actions:
    • To turn beaconing on or off for an enclosure or for an I/O module in an enclosure, click the applicable enclosure.
    • To turn beaconing on or off for a server module, click the applicable server module.
  3. Take one of these actions:
    • For an enclosure, in the Front diagram on the ENCLOSURE page, click any LED in the enclosure diagram or click anywhere on the enclosure background.
    • For a server module, in the Front diagram on the SERVER MODULE page, click any LED in the server module diagram or click anywhere on the server module background.
    • For an I/O module, in the I/O Modules diagram on the ENCLOSURE page, click any LED in the I/O module diagram or click anywhere on the I/O module background.
  4. In the window that opens, click the slider to set beaconing to On or Off, as applicable.