Troubleshooting
Common Problems and Interpreting the LED Indications
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Common Problems and Interpreting the LED Indications
LED Status Reason Solution
Status Indicator
LEDs not
functioning
properly.
SCSI data cable not properly
connected. Verify that the SCSI data cable is
properly connected to the CR8e
SCSI-2 connector and to the
controller card.
A specific drive’s
Status LED is
blinking amber
and the Channel
Mode LED is
steady amber.
An assigned drive has failed.
The CR8e is in a non-fault
tolerant mode.
Replace the disk drive and begin
rebuilding the array, see
Replacing a Disk Drive on
page 57.
A specific drive’s
Status LED is
blinking amber,
the remainder of
the drive’s Status
LEDs in that array
are steady amber,
and the Channel
Mode LED is
steady amber.
An assigned drive has failed.
The CR8e is in a non-fault
tolerant mode and a rebuild
operation is in progress.
Replace the failed disk drive
(Drive’s Status LED blinking
amber).
A specific drive’s
Status LED is OFF
and the Channel
Mode LED is
steady amber.
The disk drive is missing.
The CR8e is in a non-fault
tolerant mode.
Insert a disk drive and begin an
array rebuild, see Replacing a
Disk Drive on page 57.
A specific drive’s
Status LED is
blinking green and
the Channel Mode
LED is steady
green.
A drive has not been
assigned into an array or the
drive is a hot spare, however
it is in a ready state.
Assign the drive to an array,
refer to the nStor AM RAID
Utilities User’s Guide.