NAME

pled − control the front panel LED

SYNOPSIS

/etc/pled [on | off | flash]

DESCRIPTION

pled controls the red LED (light emitting diode) located beneath the system name plate on the front of the system cabinet.  The main purpose is to signal particular phases of the boot procedure.  The options are as follows:

onturns the red LED on
offturns the red LED off
flashsets the red LED flashing, approximately once per second

SEE ALSO

sysmips(2) in the Programmer’s Reference Manual

WARNING

This command can be run only by the super-user. 

September 02, 1992