netserver lh6000r lcd led blinking?

[Peter A. Berger Jr.]

I have an HP NetServer LH6000R where the LCD front panel has 3 red LED lights (top, middle and bottom). The top LED is blinking red. I checked the NVRAM log and the last event is "Event log full" "512 System Event"
I cannot figure out how to clear this NVRAM log.
Does this top blinking red LED mean NVRAM log full? How can I clear the log and stop this red LED?
The system is running Win2000.

thanks...

[e4services]

If you do not have the Services Guide, you should. Get it At:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/DocumentIndex.jsp?contentType=SupportManual〈=en&cc=us&docIndexId=179911&taskId=101&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=50440
But basically. if the Red LED is blinking it means "Immediate attention required due to a failed component in the HP
NetServer. The HP NetServer may not be fully operational, due to this
condition, such as POST errors."
I would get your self a Netserver Navigator CD and load the Netserver Utilities to get to the Event Log Utilities to view and eventually clear the log once you see what has been acting u p and probably filled the log in the first place

[Peter A. Berger Jr.]

e4services -
this server is ancient and the cd-rom's/manuals, etc are long-gone. is this application you speak of download-able? sorry if I sounds like a newb -- we use 90% Dell's in our infrastructure -- and this particular box is a legacy application server.
thaks for the tip/help anyways. :)

[Sean T. Craig · Accepted solution]

Hi Peter,

The Status LED's on the front of the server are an indication of the state of the hardware event log. Green means no faults, amber means there is a warning and red indicates a hardware failure. A full event log can also cause this condition.

The log will hold 512 events (0-511) including normal startup events so it will fill up eventually.

There are a few ways of clearing the event log:
1. From Windows: Clear the log using Instant TopTools. If it is not installed, you can get it here:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=74580&prodNameId=19774&swEnvOID=226&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=ns-11142-1
When you run the utility, click on the Status tab and choose System Event Log on the left side. There will be a button in the top-right corner to clear the event log.

2. Using the hardware event log display utility. This utility is run from a boot floppy that can be created from the download at this link:
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=15351&prodSeriesId=74580&prodNameId=19774&swEnvOID=54&swLang=13&mode=2&taskId=135&swItem=ns-11635-1
This is similar to the above method but it is a DOS-based interface.

You can also do it from the Navigator CD, Diagnostics Disk, or Utility partition but describing the process is more complicated.

Give it a try and let us know how it works.

Sean T. Craig Sr. C.E.T., M.C.P.

[Peter A. Berger Jr.]

Sean -- thanks for the tips. HP's Instant TopTools v5.5.5 worked like a charm and diagnosed the issue to be a full log (going back to 2000). i cleared the logs via TopTools, re-ran the checks and the hardware came back clean and green.

ITRC forums rock!