I'm just trying to minimize failover/failback and downtime. If I knew it was a memory module, hard drive or fan, I could have one ordered and ready to go all in one big swoop.
Curtis LaMasters http://www.curtis-lamasters.com http://www.builtnetworks.com On Tue, Dec 9, 2008 at 12:56 PM, Tim Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The flashing amber lights on the Dell servers typically indicate a hardware > issue... Unless your box has a nice little LCD like the 26xx, or 29xx > series, you'll probably have to run the Dell diagnostics. On my 2650s, they > scroll the error code across the LCD. > > A note aside... you have a failover box available in case this box dies... > but you don't want to take the box down on purpose to boot the OM software? > I'm confused... :-) Wouldn't you want a controlled "failure" of the primary > hardware instead of a random failure where the failover process could get > botched? Just my $0.02 USD... > > Tim Nelson > Systems/Network Support > Rockbochs Inc. > (218)727-4332 x105 > > > ----- "Curtis LaMasters" wrote: > > I have a flashing amber light on one of my Dell 1750 firewalls (they are > failover so I'm not terribly worried). What would be the best way to go > about monitoring these devices? How do I figure out what is currently wrong > without booting into the Dell management software. I do have a Nagios box on > the network if that would help. > > > Curtis LaMasters > > http://www.curtis-lamasters.com > > http://www.builtnetworks.com > > >
