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01-17-2008, 05:47 AM
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 Orange status light on NIC 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. I thought I would try here. I will call HP after a bit. Robert      |
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01-17-2008, 05:47 AM
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| Re: Orange status light on NIC 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. |
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01-17-2008, 05:47 AM
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| Re: Orange status light on NIC 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 |
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| Re: Orange status light on NIC 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. |
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| Re: Orange status light on NIC 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 |
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| Re: Orange status light on NIC Robert Hicks <sigzero@gmail.com> wrote: > 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. If you can only get the GSP from the GSP/MP then it suggests that something besides just the NIC may be hosed. You may need to make sure that all the discs are seated correctly and that the I/O cards and DIMMs haven't come loose. Might also need to make sure that the cover remains firmly seated as there is a lid/systempower interlock. rick jones -- The computing industry isn't as much a game of "Follow The Leader" as it is one of "Ring Around the Rosy" or perhaps "Duck Duck Goose." - Rick Jones these opinions are mine, all mine; HP might not want them anyway...  feel free to post, OR email to rick.jones2 in hp.com but NOT BOTH... |
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