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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Flashing regularly | Off | Do not remove the drive. Removing a |
(1 Hz) |
| drive may terminate the current |
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| operation and cause data loss. |
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| The drive is rebuilding, or it is part of an |
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| array that is undergoing capacity |
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| expansion or stripe migration. |
Flashing irregularly | Amber, flashing regularly (1 Hz) |
The drive is active, but a predictive failure alert has been received for this drive. Replace the drive as soon as possible.
Flashing irregularly | Off | The drive is active, and it is operating |
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| normally. |
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Off | Steadily amber | A critical fault condition has been |
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| identified for this drive, and the |
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| controller has placed it offline. Replace |
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| the drive as soon as possible. |
Off | Amber, flashing regularly (1 Hz) |
A predictive failure alert has been received for this drive. Replace the drive as soon as possible.
Off | Off | The drive is offline, a spare, or not |
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| configured as part of an array. |
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