Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerVault ME4 Series Storage System Owner’s Manual
- Contents
- Storage system hardware
- Troubleshooting and problem solving
- Module removal and replacement
- ESD precautions
- Dealing with hardware faults
- Firmware updates
- Continuous operation during replacement
- Shutting down attached hosts
- Shutting down a controller module
- Verifying component failure
- Customer-replaceable units (CRUs)
- Attach or remove the front bezel of a 2U enclosure
- Replacing a drive carrier module in a 2U enclosure
- Replacing a DDIC in a 5U enclosure
- Replacing a controller module or IOM in a 2U or 5U enclosure
- Replacing a power supply unit (PSU) in a 5U enclosure
- Replacing a fan cooling module (FCM) in a 5U enclosure
- Replacing a power cooling module (PCM) in a 2U enclosure
- Completing the component installation process
- Verifying component operation
- Performing updates in PowerVault Manager after replacing an FC or SAS HBA
- Events and event messages
- Connecting to the CLI port using a serial cable
- Technical specifications
- Standards and regulations
LEDs
LED colors are used consistently throughout the enclosure and its components for indicating status:
● Green – Good or positive indication
● Blinking green/amber – Non-critical condition
● Amber – Critical fault
● Blue – Controller module or IOM identification
2U enclosure LEDs
2U enclosure PCM LEDs
Under normal conditions, the power cooling module (PCM) OK LEDs will be a constant green.
Table 11. PCM LED states
PCM OK
(Green)
Fan Fail
(Amber)
AC Fail
(Amber)
DC Fail
(Amber)
Status
Off Off Off Off No AC power on any PCM
Off Off On On No AC power on this PCM only
On Off Off Off AC present; PCM working correctly
On Off Off On PCM fan speed is outside acceptable limits
Off On Off Off PCM fan has failed
Off On On On PCM fault (above temperature, above voltage, above current)
Off Blinking Blinking Blinking PCM firmware download is in progress
2U enclosure Ops panel LEDs
The Ops panel displays the aggregated status of all the modules. See 2U enclosure Ops panel on page 21. The Ops panel LEDs
are defined in the following table.
Table 12. Ops panel LED states
System Power
(Green/Amber)
Module Fault
(Amber)
Identity
(Blue)
LED
display
Associated
LEDs /Alarms
Status
On Off Off -- -- 5V standby power present, overall power
failed or switched off
On On On On -- Ops panel power on (5s) test state
On Off Off -- -- Power on, all functions good
On On -- -- PCM fault LEDs,
fan fault LEDs
Any PCM fault, fan fault, above or below
temperature
On On -- -- SBB module LEDs Any SBB module fault
On On -- -- No module LEDs Enclosure logical fault
On Blink -- -- Module status LED
on SBB module
Unknown (invalid or mixed) SBB module
type installed, I
2
C bus failure (inter-
SBB communications). EBOD VPD
configuration error
On Blink -- -- PCM fault LEDs,
fan fault LEDs
Unknown (invalid or mixed) PCM type
installed or I
2
C bus failure (PCM
communications)
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