Vess A2600 Quick Installation Guide
Disk Drive LEDs
There are two LEDs on each Drive Carrier. They report activity of the drive, and the drive’s current
condition.
Figure 21: Vess drive carrier LEDs
Drive Status (OK)
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ctivit
y
The Activity LED flashes BLUE during drive activity.
The Disk Status LED displays GREEN when a drive is configured and working properly. When the lights are
RED the HDD requires manual replacement. When ORANGE is observed it indicates background RAID
activity on this particular HDD. It is just a status notification and no user action is required.
Control Panel LEDs
When system boot-up is finished, use the LEDs on the controller on the rear of the device to monitor various
functions (described below).
LED Description (refer to product manual for more details)
System Fan A steady GREEN LED indicates normal fan function. A RED LED indicates fan failure,
the fan must be replaced.
Ethernet
Link/Act and Speed
The LED located on below each port, on the left side, lights GREEN when connected,
flashes GREEN when there is ac-tivity on the port and remains dark no connection has
been established. The LED on the lower right of each port indicates connection speed,
GREEN is 100 Mbps, ORANGE is 1000 Mbps.
Figure 22: Vess control panel LEDs
Fan Status Gigabit Ethernet port LEDs
Task 6: Access Operating System GUI
To access the installed operating system graphical user interface on the Vess A2600, insert a USB keyboard
into any USB port, and connect a monitor using either the VGA or HDMI port.
Figure 23: USB, HDMI and VGA interfaces on Vess A2600 rear panel
USB ports
Use to connect to
USB keyboard for
text input
VGA port
Connect to
VGA monitor
HDMI port
Connect to
HDMI monitor
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