Monitor Platform Environmental State

You can monitor the platform's environmental status by viewing the hardware view graphic of the system and the properties of each system drawer, I/O drawer, and dual CPU module.

A system drawer, I/O drawer, or dual CPU module may be in an abnormal state because of a problem with its environmentals; that is, its fan, voltage, or power.

The attention indicators show the state of the system lights, which display a real-time status of the components.

Status Lights/Attention Indicators

Determining the reason for an abnormal state

You can determine why a system drawer or I/O drawer is in an abnormal state by displaying its Properties dialog box. To display its Properties dialog box, pause the mouse pointer over the graphic of the system drawer in the hardware view, or select the system drawer's icon in the left tree view and then select Properties from the popup context menu. You can also monitor the I/O drawers and dual CPU modules in this way.