Hard Drive Installation and Replacement

Table E-1: Hard Drive Status from LED Illumination Pattern

(1) Activity

(2) Online

(3) Fault

Meaning

On, off, or

On or off

Flashing

A predictive failure alert has been received for this drive.

flashing

 

 

Replace the drive as soon as possible.

 

 

 

 

On, off, or

On

Off

OK to replace the drive online if the array is configured

flashing

 

 

for fault tolerance and all other drives in the array are

 

 

 

online.

 

 

 

The drive is online and configured as part of an array.

 

 

 

 

On

Flashing

Off

Do not remove the drive. Removing a drive during

 

 

 

this process may terminate the current operation and

 

 

 

cause data loss.

 

 

 

The drive is rebuilding or undergoing capacity expansion.

 

 

 

 

On

Off

Off

Do not remove the drive. Removing a drive during

 

 

 

this process may cause data loss.

 

 

 

The drive is being accessed, but (1) it is not configured

 

 

 

as part of an array; (2) it is a replacement drive and

 

 

 

rebuild has not yet started; or (3) it is spinning up during

 

 

 

the Power-On Self-Test (POST) sequence.

 

 

 

 

Flashing

Flashing

Flashing

Do not remove the drive. Removing a drive during

 

 

 

this process can cause data loss in non-fault-tolerant

 

 

 

configurations.

 

 

 

Either (1) the drive is part of an array being selected by

 

 

 

ACU or CPQONLIN; or (2) Drive Identification has been

 

 

 

selected in Insight Manager.

 

 

 

 

Off

Off

On

OK to replace the drive online.

 

 

 

The drive has failed and has been placed offline.

 

 

 

 

Off

Off

Off

OK to replace the drive online if the array is configured

 

 

 

for fault tolerance and all other drives in the array are

 

 

 

online.

 

 

 

Either (1) the drive is not configured as part of an array;

 

 

 

(2) the drive is configured as part of an array, but a

 

 

 

powered-up controller is not accessing the drive; or

 

 

 

(3) the drive is configured as an online spare.

 

 

 

 

HP Smart Array 641/642 Controller User Guide

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