What Are the BMC Boot/Reset Status LED Indicators on an Intel® Server Board S2600WF Family?
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What are the BMC boot/reset status LED indicators on an Intel® Server Board S2600WF Family?
During the BMC boot or BMC reset process, the system status LED and System ID LED are used to indicate BMC boot process transitions and states. A BMC boot occurs when the AC power is first applied.
(DC power on/off does not reset BMC.) BMC reset occurs after a BMC firmware update, on receiving a BMC cold reset command, and following a reset initiated by the BMC watchdog.
Please refer below table to understand boot/reset status LED indicators
| BMC Boot/Reset State | System ID LED | System Status LED | Comment |
| BMC/video memory test failed | Solid blue | Solid amber | Non-recoverable condition. Contact an Intel representative for information on replacing this motherboard. |
| Both universal bootloader(u-Boot) images are bad | 6 Hz blinking blue | Solid amber | Non-recoverable condition. Contact an Intel representative for information on replacing this motherboard. |
| BMC in u-Boot | 3 Hz blinking blue | 1 Hz blinking green | Blinking green indicates degraded state (no manageability); blinking blue indicates u-Boot is running but has not transferred control to BMC Linux*. The server will be in this state 6-8 seconds after BMC reset while it pulls the Linux image into flash. |
| BMC booting Linux* | Solid blue | Solid green | After an AC cycle/BMC reset, it indicates that the control has been passed from u-Boot to BMC Linux* itself. It will be in this state for 10-20 seconds. |
| End of BMC boot/reset process. Normal system operation | Off | Solid green | Indicates BMC Linux* has booted and manageability functionality is up and running. Fault/status LEDs operate as per usual. |
Refer to Intel® Server Board S2600WF Product Family Technical Product Specification for more details