IOTA 100 CORE interfaces and LED behavior




LEDs and buttons State Description
1 Information LED Red, solid An overheat condition has occurred.
Red, blinking at 1 Hz Fan failure, check for an inoperative fan.
Red, blinking at 0.25 Hz Power failure, check for a non-operational power supply.
Red, solid, with Power LED blinking green Fault detected.
Blue and red, blinking at 10 Hz Recovery mode.
Blue, solid UID has been activated locally to locate the server in a rack.
Blue, blinking at 1Hz UID has been activated using the BMC to locate the server in a rack.
Blue, blinking at 2Hz BMC is resetting.
Blue, blinking at 4Hz BMC is setting factory defaults.
Blue, blinking at 10Hz with Power LED blinking green BMC/BIOS firmware is updating.
2 NIC2 LED Blinking Network activity on LANs.
3 NIC1 LED
4 Drive LED Blinking Activity on storage drives.
5 Power LED Steady on Power on.
Blinking at 4 Hz Checking BIOS/BMC integrity.
Blinking at 4 Hz and “i” LED is blue BIOS firmware updating.
Two blinks at 4 Hz, one pause 2 Hz and “i” LED blue BMC firmware updating.
Blinking at 1 Hz and “i” LED red Fault detected.
6 UID button,
BMC reset
The unit identification (UID) button turns on or off the blue light
function of the Information LED and a blue LED at the rear of the
unit. This button can also be used to reset the BMC.
7 Power button Applies or removes primary power from the power supply to the unit.
Standby power is maintained. Shutting down the unit through the
GUI is recommended.
8 USB 2.0 ports




1 Capture port 1, QSFP28 40/100G 9 RJ45 1G BMC IPMI port
2 Capture port 2, QSFP28 40/100G 10 USB 3.0 ports
3 Management port 1, RJ45 1/10G 11 VGA port
4 Management port 2, RJ45 1/10G 12 AC power connector
5 Management port 3, SFP+ 1/10G 13 Power supply release tab
6 Management port 4, SFP+ 1/10G 14 Power supply status LED
7 RJ45 1G PTPv2 port 15, 16 Power supplies (redundant)
8 COM port (serial)
Power supply status LED
LED color and state Description
Solid green Power supply is on.
Blinking green Power supply is plugged in and turned off by the system.
Blinking amber Power supply has a warning condition and continues to operate.
Solid amber Power supply is plugged in and is in an abnormal state.
Off No power.
  • Last modified: May 27, 2025