Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns | Dell UCPM-800 specs

Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns

Figure 2. Hard-Drive Indicators
1.	hard-drive activity indicator (green)	2.	hard-drive status indicator (green and amber)

Drive-Status Indicator Pattern		Condition

Blinks green two times per second		Identifying drive or preparing for removal
Off		Drive ready for insertion or removal
			NOTE: The drive status indicator remains off
			until all hard drives are initialized after the
			system is turned on. Drives are not ready for
			insertion or removal during this time.
Blinks green, amber, and off		Predicted drive failure
Blinks amber four times per second		Drive failed
Blinks green slowly		Drive rebuilding
Steady green		Drive online
Blinks green three seconds, amber three seconds,		Rebuild aborted
and off six seconds

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Dell UCPM-800 manual Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns, Hard-Drive Indicators

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User’s Guide Page Contents Driver Installation Deploying The Shared Perc 8 Card Getting help Configurations of the Shared Perc 8 card About The Shared Perc 8 Card Specifications of a Shared Perc 8 card Storage Subsystem Compatibility Matrix at dell.comPage Related Documentation Supported Operating SystemsBest Practices For Shared Perc Locating your system Service Tag Contacting Dell Documentation Feedback Consistency Checks Shared Perc 8 Card FeaturesPhysical Disk Power Management Virtual Disk Initialization Full Initialization Of Virtual Disks Physical Disk RoamingBackground Initialization Of Virtual Disks Fast Initialization Of Virtual Disks Virtual Disk Migration Using Physical Disk RoamingFastPath Migrating Virtual Disks If The Target System Is Turned On Virtual Disk Cache PoliciesMigrating Virtual Disks If The Target System Is Turned Off Conditions Under Which Write-Back Is Employed Virtual Disk Write Cache PoliciesWrite-Back Write-through Conditions under which write-through is employed Fault TolerancePhysical Disk Write Cache Policy Virtual Disk Read Cache Policies Smart Feature Patrol Read Shared Perc 8 Card Cache Preservation Physical disk failure detectionPhysical Disk Hot Swapping Battery Transparent Learn Cycle Controller Failover Feature Multipath Support Configuring Multipath Support In WindowsConfiguring Multipath Support In VMWare Multipath support in Linux Replacing a Shared Perc 8 Card Installing a New Shared Perc 8 CardDeploying The Shared Perc 8 Card Prerequisites For Removing The Shared Perc 8 Card Removing The Shared Perc 8 Card Removing and Installing the Shared Perc 8 Card Installing The Shared Perc 8 Card Post-Installation Tasks For Shared Perc 8 Card Firmware installation or update Updating firmware Driver Installation Installing Or Updating Windows Drivers For Shared Perc Installing Or Updating Linux Drivers For Shared Perc Installing Or Updating VMware Drivers For Shared Perc Management Applications For Shared Perc 8 Card Troubleshooting Shared Perc 8 Card Boots Into Safe Mode Shared Perc 8 Card Not Seen In Device Manager General IssuesDegraded State Of Virtual Disks Shared Perc 8 Cards Fail To Function Physical disk issuesUnable to rebuild a fault tolerant virtual disk Physical Disk In Failed State Rebuilding a Failed Physical Disk Fatal Error Or Data Corruption ReportedMultiple Disks Become Inaccessible Physical disk takes a long time to rebuild Virtual Disk Fails During Rebuild Using a Global Hot SpareController cache issues Smart Errors Target Disk Fails Auto Replacement Member ErrorsSource Disk Fails General Disk Fails Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns Hard-Drive Indicators Getting help Documentation feedback