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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 13, 2012
Filed:
Mar. 20, 2009
Basheer Neuhru Bristow, Vail, AZ (US);
Jason James Graves, Tucson, AZ (US);
Theorium Dantiago Grier, Morrisville, NC (US);
Basheer Neuhru Bristow, Vail, AZ (US);
Jason James Graves, Tucson, AZ (US);
Theorium Dantiago Grier, Morrisville, NC (US);
International Business Machines Corporation, Armonk, NY (US);
Abstract
A method is disclosed to alert a system administrator of a failure condition within a distributed system having a chassis, a management module, and one or more devices installed in the chassis. Such a method may initially identify whether a device within the chassis has encountered a failure condition. The method may then determine whether the device requires removal from the chassis based on the failure condition. The method may cause a visual fault indicator associated with the device to assume a first illuminated state in the event the device requires removal. The method may cause the visual fault indicator to assume a second illuminated state in the event the device does not require removal. If communication with a management module is possible, a visual fault indicator on the chassis may assume a third illuminated state if the device requires removal. A corresponding apparatus and computer-program product are also disclosed.