the system attention led lights on solid when an event occurs that either needs customer intervention or ibm service. the system attention led is turned on when an entry is made in the service processor error log. the error entry is transmitted to the following:

    1 system-level error logs

    2 aix error log

    3 as an entry in the service action event log in the service focal point application. for example, the loss of surveillance from the hmc to a logical partition.