The identify LED does not turn on

If you have inserted the USB flash drive into a USB port on the canister and the identify LED does not turn on, use these instructions to determine any necessary actions.

About this task

After the USB flash drive is inserted into the full sized USB port, the identify LED  1  which is located on the canister that you inserted the USB flash drive into should turn on. The identify LED will eventually turn off and you can continue with initialization of the system. Normally this entire process can take up to three minutes.

This figure shows the LEDs on the canister.

If the identify LED does not turn on as expected, use the following steps to determine any necessary action:

Procedure

  1. Ensure that the canister is still operating. Look at the status LED (This icon represents the status LED). If the status LED is permanently off, the canister has stopped working. Assuming the status LED was in the required state before you inserted the USB flash drive, contact IBM support.

    If the status LED is not blinking, remove the USB flash drive from the canister. The canister has not completed powering up and is not ready to receive the USB flash drive. Powering up the canister can take up to 10 minutes. If the status LED does not blink within 10 minutes, proceed to step 2.