That "alarm" button

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Josh26
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That "alarm" button

Post by Josh26 »

Hey guys,

This sounds kind of dumb, but....

On the 7200, there is a button on the top left corner of the front of the controller enclosure. It has an icon featuring a speaker with a cross through it. It's the same icon you see associated with "turn off alarm" buttons on UPSs and similar.
We had a hardware failure and naturally I started to hear the alarm. While waiting for replacement parts, I pressed the button to silence it. Nope.

I ended up logging an HP support case, and after an escalation, Tier 2 support confirmed the button is not intended to silence alarms. They could not advise what it was for however.

Has anyone else got experience with this?
afidel
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Re: That "alarm" button

Post by afidel »

The 3Par enclosures are industry standard kit so it would seem that HP forgot/chose not to implement that feature in firmware.
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