Controlling multiple status indicators for electronic equipment housed in an electronic equipment chassis

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory processor-readable storage medium having stored therein program code of one or more software programs, wherein the program code when executed by at least one processing device causes the at least one processing device to perform steps of:

• determining status information for electronic equipment housed in an electronic equipment chassis comprising a housing and at least one lid, the status information characterizing whether at least one of opening and removing the at least one lid is safe to perform at a given time;
• and
• controlling, based at least in part on the determined status information, (i) at least one of a first set of one or more status indicators of a control panel of the housing of the electronic equipment chassis and (ii) at least one of a second set of one or more status indicators proximate at least one latch configured for securing the at least one lid to the housing of the electronic equipment chassis;
• wherein controlling (i) the at least one of the first set of one or more status indicators and (ii) the at least one of the second set of one or more status indicators comprises activating one of a plurality of different status indicator patterns, the activated one of the plurality of different status indicator patterns being selected based at least in part on determining a relative risk associated with at least one of opening and removing the at least one lid at the given time.

A method comprising:

• determining status information for electronic equipment housed in an electronic equipment chassis comprising a housing and at least one lid, the status information characterizing whether at least one of opening and removing the at least one lid is safe to perform at a given time;
• and
• controlling, based at least in part on the determined status information, (i) at least one of a first set of one or more status indicators of a control panel of the housing of the electronic equipment chassis and (ii) at least one of a second set of one or more status indicators proximate at least one latch configured for securing the at least one lid to the housing of the electronic equipment chassis;
• wherein controlling (i) the at least one of the first set of one or more status indicators and (ii) the at least one of the second set of one or more status indicators comprises activating one of a plurality of different status indicator patterns, the activated one of the plurality of different status indicator patterns being selected based at least in part on determining a relative risk associated with at least one of opening and removing the at least one lid at the given time;
• and
• wherein the method is performed by at least one processing device comprising a processor coupled to a memory.