SAS and SATA device numbers

Hot-plug drive LED definitions

Item

LED

Status

Definition

 

 

 

 

1

Locate

Solid blue

The drive is being identified by a host application.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing blue

The drive carrier firmware is being updated or

 

 

 

requires an update.

 

 

 

 

2

Activity ring

Rotating green

Drive activity

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

No drive activity

 

 

 

 

3

Do not remove

Solid white

Do not remove the drive. Removing the drive causes

 

 

 

one or more of the logical drives to fail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

Removing the drive does not cause a logical drive to

 

 

 

fail.

 

 

 

 

4

Drive status

Solid green

The drive is a member of one or more logical drives.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing green

The drive is rebuilding or performing a RAID

 

 

 

migration, strip size migration, capacity expansion, or

 

 

 

logical drive extension, or is erasing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing amber/green

The drive is a member of one or more logical drives

 

 

 

and predicts the drive will fail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Flashing amber

The drive is not configured and predicts the drive will

 

 

 

fail.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Solid amber

The drive has failed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Off

The drive is not configured by a RAID controller.

 

 

 

 

SAS and SATA device numbers 13