Patent ID: 8134471

Claim:
A method for alerting a system administrator of a failure condition within a distributed system comprising a chassis, a management module, and at least one device installed in the chassis, the method comprising: identifying whether a device within the chassis has encountered a failure condition; determining whether the device requires removal from the chassis based on the failure condition; causing a first visual fault indicator associated with the device to assume a first illuminated state in the event the device requires removal; causing the first visual fault indicator associated with the device to assume a second illuminated state, different from the first illuminated state, in the event the device does not require removal; causing, if communication exists between the device and the management module, a second visual fault indicator associated with the chassis to assume a third illuminated state in the event the device requires removal; and causing the second visual fault indicator associated with the chassis to remain unilluminated if the device does not require removal based on the failure condition.