Led Indicators - Western Digital WD ShareSpace User Manual

LED Indicators

The LED (light-emitting diode) indicators on the device provide information about the
status of the system, its hard drives, and network connection. The LEDs on the
system indicate the following:
Indicator
Color State
and icon
Green Steady
Power
Off
Flashing
Hard drives Green Random
flashing
Steady
Amber Steady
Green/ Flashing
Amber
Green/ Off
Amber
Ethernet Green On
(front)
Off
Flashing
System Blue On
identification
Off
/error
Red Flashing
USB backup Green Steady
Flashing
Off
Ethernet Orange Flashing
(rear)
Green Steady
Flashing
Description
System is powered up (connected to the power supply and turned on) and
ready for use.
System is not powered on
• System is booting
• System is restoring to factory default
• System is configuring RAID
• User volume is not available
Hard drive is in use
• Hard drive is ready for use
• Hard drive is installed
• Hard drive error
• System detects a foreign hard drive with pre-existing data
• Hard drive is not present
• Hard drive is not properly installed
Network link is detected
No network connection
Transmit or receive activity
System identification is active
System identification is disabled
Critical condition
• A USB storage device is connected to the front USB port
• RAID system is rebuilding
• Restoring configuration settings
• System initialize operation in progress
• One flash per second—system is formatting a USB drive
• One flash per second (backup)—USB device to WD ShareSpace
• Two flashes per second (backup)—WD ShareSpace to USB device
• System initialize operation completed
• Network is connecting
• Link activity
Network is connected
Network connection is active
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