
ReadyNAS Desktop Storage Systems
Status Information
You can obtain information about the status of your unit by reviewing the indicators listed in the following table.
| Item | Description | 
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| Power button and LED | Press this button to turn on the ReadyNAS. The LED has these states: | 
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 | • Blinking. Booting | 
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 | • Blue. Powered on | 
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 | • Off. Powered off | 
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| Disk LEDs (1, 2, 3, 4) | Each disk bay has an LED associated with it, in numerical order from left to right, | 
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 | along the top of the front panel of the unit. The disk LEDs have these states: | 
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 | • On. Power is on and the disk is operating normally. | 
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 | • Blinking. The disk failed or is resynchronizing. See the status display screen | 
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 | for details. | 
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 | • Off. The disk bay is empty. | 
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| Disk activity LED | The disk activity LED has these states: | 
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 | • Blinking green. A disk is active. | 
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 | • Off. No disks are active. | 
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| Rear panel Ethernet port | Two LED status indicators are built into these ports. One LED indicates port | 
| LEDs | activity. The other LED indicates connection speed as follows: | 
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 | • Green. The port is operating at 1,000 Mbps. | 
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 | • Amber. The port is operating at 100 Mbps. | 
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 | • Off. The port is operating at 10 Mbps. | 
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| Status display screen | Displays messages about the status of your unit. Note that the status display | 
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 | screen goes to sleep to prevent  | 
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 | unit reports an abnormal operation or error, the status display screen stays on. | 
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