E500 and P400 LEDs

LED ID

Color

Name

Comments

 

 

 

 

1

Amber

CR14: Controller Lockup

The controller ASIC has locked up and cannot process

 

 

 

any commands.

2

Amber

CR13: Drive Failure

To determine which drive has failed, check the Fault

 

 

 

LED of each physical drive connected to the controller.

 

 

 

 

3

Green

CR3: Activity

Port 2E on the E500, or port 2I on the P400, is active.

4

Green

CR8: Activity

Port 1E on the E500, or port 1I on the P400, is active.

5

Green

CR5: Command Outstanding

The controller is working on a command from the host

 

 

 

driver.

 

 

 

 

6

Green

CR6: Heartbeat

When the controller is in good health, this LED flashes

 

 

 

every two seconds.

 

 

 

 

7

Green

CR4: Gas Pedal

This LED, together with the Idle Task LED (next item),

 

 

 

indicates the amount of controller CPU activity. For

 

 

 

more information, see the following table.

 

 

 

 

8

Green

CR7: Idle Task

This LED, together with the Gas Pedal LED (previous

 

 

 

item), indicates the amount of controller CPU activity.

 

 

 

For more information, see the following table.

 

 

 

 

Gas Pedal LED status

Idle Task LED status

Controller CPU activity level

 

 

 

Off

Flashing

0–25%

Flashing

Off

25–50%

On steadily

Off

50–75%

On steadily

On steadily

75–100%

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