Chapter 8 Diagnostics and Troubleshooting 393
About Troubleshooting Your System
The system provides the following features to help you identify and isolate
hardware problems:
■ Error indications
■ Software commands
■ Diagnostic tools
This section describes the error indications and software commands provided
to help you troubleshoot your system. Diagnostic tools are covered in “About
Diagnostic Tools” on page 370.
Error Indications
The system provides error indications via LEDs and error messages. Using the two
in combination, you can isolate a problem to a particular field-replaceable unit (FRU)
with a high degree of confidence.
The system provides fault LEDs in the following places:
■ Front panel
■ Keyboard
■ Power supplies
■ Disk drives
Error messages are logged in the /var/adm/messages file and also displayed
on the system console by the diagnostic tools.
Front Panel LEDs
Front panel LEDs provide your first indication if there is problem with your system.
Usually, a front panel LED is not the sole indication of a problem. Error messages
and even other LEDs can help to isolate the problem further.
The front panel has a general fault indicator ( ) that lights whenever POST or
OBDiag detects any kind of fault. It addition, it has LEDs that indicate problems
with the internal disk drives, power supply subsystem, or fans. See “About the
Status and Control Panel” on page 8 for more information on these LEDs and their
meaning.
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