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Eight-bay SFF hot-plug drive numbering
Hot-plug drive LED definitions
When a drive is configured as a part of an array and connected to a powered-up controller, the drive LEDs
indicate the status of the drive.
Item
LED
Locate
1
Activity ring
2
Do not remove
3
Drive status
4
Status
Definition
Solid blue
The drive is being identified by a host application.
Flashing blue
The drive carrier firmware is being updated or requires an
update.
Rotating green
Drive activity
Off
No drive activity
Solid white
Do not remove the drive. Removing the drive causes one or
more of the logical drives to fail.
Off
Removing the drive does not cause a logical drive to fail.
Solid green
The drive is a member of one or more logical drives.
Flashing green
The drive is rebuilding or performing a RAID migration, strip size
migration, capacity expansion, or logical drive extension, or is
erasing.
Flashing
The drive is a member of one or more logical drives and predicts
amber/green
the drive will fail.
Flashing amber
The drive is not configured and predicts the drive will fail.
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