Understanding Hard Drive Leds; Understanding Hard Drive Led Combinations - HPE D6020 Maintenance And Service Manual

Understanding hard drive LEDs

Figure 29 Hard drive LEDs
Table 5 Hard drive LED descriptions
Item Description
1 Fault/UID LED (amber/blue)
2 Online LED (green)

Understanding hard drive LED combinations

Table 6 Hard drive LED combination interpretations
Online/activity LED (green)
On, off, or flashing
On, off, or flashing
On
On
Flashing regularly (1 Hz)
Flashing regularly (1 Hz)
Flashing irregularly
Flashing irregularly
Off
38 Component identification
Fault/UID LED (amber/blue)
Alternating amber and blue
Steadily blue
Amber, flashing regularly (1 Hz)
Off
Amber, flashing regularly (1 Hz)
Off
Amber, flashing regularly (1 Hz)
Off
Steadily amber
Interpretation
The drive has failed, or a predictive failure alert has
been received for this drive; it also has been selected
by a management application.
The drive is operating normally, and it has been
selected by a management application.
A predictive failure alert has been received for this
drive.
Replace the drive as soon as possible.
The drive is online, but it is not currently active.
CAUTION: Do not remove the drive. Removing a
drive may terminate the current operation and cause
data loss.
The drive is part of an array that is undergoing
capacity expansion or a stripe size 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.
CAUTION: Do not remove the drive. Removing a
drive may terminate the current operation and cause
data loss.
The drive is rebuilding, or it is part of an array that is
undergoing array expansion, logical drive extension,
a stripe size migration, or RAID migration.
The drive is active, but a predictive failure alert has
been received for this drive. Replace the drive as
soon as possible.
The drive is active and operating normally.
A critical fault condition has been identified for this
drive, and the controller has placed it offline. Replace
the drive as soon as possible.