Understanding Drobo's Lights; Power Mode; Standby Mode; Data Transfer - Drobo User Manual

Understanding Drobo's lights

One of Drobo's many benefits is a series of onboard lights that tell
you everything you need to know at a glance, without forcing you
to install application software. Here is a list of the Drobo indicator
lights and what actions they may ask you to take.

Power Mode:

Green:
Power on, Drobo ready.
Orange:

Standby mode.

Red:
Over-temperature.
(Cool down & power-cycle to restart)
Blinking Green:
Booting up.

Data Transfer:

Green:
USB or FireWire activity.
Space Used:
Blue:
0% — 100% filled
Hot Tip: Although it's not required to use Drobo, we recommend you install
the Drobo Dashboard software from the Drobo Resource CD for its advanced
monitoring and updating tools for Drobo Dashboard and Drobo & DroboShare
Firmware. Also, be sure you register at www.drobo.com/registration.
Data Bay Actions Required:
Green:
No action needed.
Solid Yellow:
Add or upsize a drive here soon.
(Drobo is 85% full, add more capacity)
Blinking Green and Yellow:
Don't remove any drives,
but operate normally.
(Drobo is optimizing data layout. You can still
read and write to Drobo during optimization.
Warning: pulling a drive may cause data loss.)
Solid Red:
Add or upsize a drive here.
(Drobo is over 95% full, add capacity soon!)
Blinking Red:
Replace this drive immediately!
(This hard drive has failed. Depending on
capacity, your data could be at risk
until you replace this failed drive.)
Four Red Lights:
Wait, restarting.
(The red lights should change to one of the
states listed above after startup. If they stay
red, you may have removed too many drives.
See online troubleshooting at
www.drobo.com/support)
(System is healthy)
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