HP E200 Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives, Identifying the status of a hard drive

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives

In this section
Identifying the status of a hard drive .........................................................................................................	22
Recognizing hard drive failure.................................................................................................................	23
Replacing hard drives.............................................................................................................................	24
Moving drives and arrays .......................................................................................................................	28
Adding drives ........................................................................................................................................	28

Identifying the status of a hard drive

When a drive is configured as a part of an array and connected to a powered-up controller, the condition of the drive can be determined from the illumination pattern of the hard drive status lights (LEDs).

Item Description

1Fault/ID LED (amber/blue)

2Online LED (green)

Online/Activity	Fault/UID LED	Interpretation
LED (green)	(amber/blue)
On, off, or flashing	Alternating amber	The drive has failed, or a predictive failure alert has been
	and blue	received for this drive; it also has been selected by a
		management application.
On, off, or flashing	Steadily blue	The drive is operating normally, and it has been selected by a
		management application.
On	Amber, flashing	A predictive failure alert has been received for this drive.
	regularly (1 Hz)	Replace the drive as soon as possible.
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