Hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drives
Figure 57 Hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive LEDs
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1 | Fault/UID status | Amber = Drive failure |
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| Blue = Unit identification is active |
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| Off = No |
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2 | Online/Activity Status | Green = Drive activity |
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| Flashing green = High activity on the drive or the drive is being configured as |
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| Off = No drive activity |
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Table 17 Hot-plug SAS or SATA hard drive LED combinations
Online/Activity LED (green) | Fault/UID LED (amber/blue) | Interpretation |
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On, off, or flashing | Alternating amber and blue | The drive has failed, or a predictive |
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| failure alert has been received for this |
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| drive. It also has been selected by a |
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| management application. |
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On, off, or flashing | Steadily blue | The drive is operating normally, and it |
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| has been selected by a management |
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On | Amber, flashing regularly (1 Hz) |
A predictive failure alert has been received for this drive.
Replace the drive as soon as possible.
On | Off | The drive is online, but it is not active |
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Flashing regularly | Amber, flashing regularly (1 Hz) |
(1 Hz) |
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Do not remove the drive. Removing a drive may terminate the current operation and cause data loss.
The drive is part of an array that is undergoing capacity expansion or stripe migration, but a predictive failure alert has been received for this drive. To minimize the risk of data loss, do not replace the drive until the expansion or migration is complete.
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