Sas And Sata Hard Drive Leds; Sas And Sata Hard Drive Led Combinations - HP ProLiant ML370 G5 User Manual

SAS and SATA hard drive LEDs

Item Description
1 Fault/UID LED
2 Online/activity LED

SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations

Online/activity
LED (green)
On, off, or
flashing
On, off, or
flashing
On
On
Flashing regularly
(1 Hz)
Status
Amber = Drive failure
Flashing amber = Fault-process activity
Blue = Unit identification is active
Off = No fault-process activity
Green = Drive activity
Flashing green = High activity on the
drive or drive is being configured as part
of an array
Off = No drive activity
Fault/UID LED Interpretation
(amber/blue)
Alternating amber and The drive has failed, or a predictive failure alert has been
blue received for this drive; it also has been selected by a
management application.
Steadily blue The drive is operating normally, and it has been selected by a
management application.
Amber, flashing A predictive failure alert has been received for this drive.
regularly (1 Hz)
Replace the drive as soon as possible.
Off The drive is online, but it is not active currently.
Amber, flashing Do not remove the drive. Removing a drive may
regularly (1 Hz) 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.
Component identification 16