Using Beaconing

The beaconing feature enables you to force a specific HBA’s LEDs to blink in a particular sequence. The blinking pattern acts as a beacon, making it easier to locate a specific HBA among racks of other HBAs.  

When beaconing is enabled, the two LEDs blink rapidly in unison for 24 seconds, after which the LEDs report the HBA health status for 8 seconds. When the 8 seconds are up, the HBA returns to beaconing mode.  This cycle is repeated indefinitely until the beaconing feature is disabled or the HBA is reset.

Note The beaconing buttons are disabled if the selected HBA does not support beaconing.

To enable/disable beaconing:

  1. Start HBAnyware.

  2. From the discovery-tree, select the HBA whose LEDs you wish to set.

  3. Select the Diagnostics tab and click Beacon On or Beacon Off.  

 

 
 
  

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