Charlie wrote:
> Robert Hicks wrote:
>
> >
> > Vishwas Pai wrote:
> >> Robert Hicks wrote:
> >> > I moved my server 20ft. and when I tried to bring it up I have warning
> >> > lights on the front. I look at the back and the NIC light shows
> >> > "orange" for the status and the activity light is blinking. The LAN guy
> >> > hooked a tester up and the cable is good and the switch it is in shows
> >> > the port is good plus he can see the other servers on that segment. I
> >> > moved 3 servers and this one is the only one not coming up. I tried to
> >> > GOOGLE for "orange status light" but nothing.
> >>
> >>
> >> What is the server model/OS rev? If you search for
> >> your server model on docs.hp.com, it can give you
> >> more explanation on the front warning light.
> >>
> >> Is the system booting and inaccessible via network ?
> >> or it is not booting at all ?
> >>
> >> AFAIK, in 10/100 NIC cards amber status is collision
> >> or degraded speed. On 100/1000 NIC amber status is
> >> 1000Mb setting.
> >>
> >> --vishwas.
> >
> > It is a 2470 and I am running 11.11 on it. I am guessing the system is
> > booting but I can only connect via console and I cannot ping it over
> > the network. However in console I can only get to the GSP prompt.
> >
> > Nothing has change except its position on the data floor. I am going to
> > try a few things (I am leaning toward the NIC crapping out) but I will
> > check back here for any suggestions.
> >
> > Robert
>
> I know I've booted a machine without a network cable in the NIC, and there
> was nothing I could do other than a reboot. Almost as if the machine
> checked for a link, didnt find one, and disabled the card. This has
> happened to me more than once, on a K460.

I ended up using GSP to do a RST (Soft Reset). For whatever reason,
everything came up after that. Weird.

Robert