Chassis Components; Storage Drives; Drive Carrier Indicators - Supermicro SuperStorage Server 6048R-E1CR90L User Manual

SuperStorage Server 6048-E1CR90L User's Manual

3.4 Chassis Components

Several components are accessable in the chassis. The following sections describe each.

Storage Drives

The SC946E1C chassis supports ninety 3.5" or 2.5" hard drives in toolless drive carriers to
simplify their removal from the storage compartment of the chassis. These carriers also help
promote proper airflow. The 2.5" drives require a kit.
Note: Enterprise level hard disk drives are recommended for use in Supermicro chassis and
servers. For information on recommended HDDs, visit the Supermicro website at
supermicro.com/products/nfo/files/storage/SBB-HDDCompList.pdf.
Caution: When shipping the system, remove the drives from the chassis for travel, whether
the chassis is shipped alone or in a rack. The original Supermicro packaging includes boxes
for the drives in carriers.

Drive Carrier Indicators

Each hard drive carrier has two LED indicators: an activity indicator and a status indicator. In
RAID configurations, the status indicator lights to indicate the status of the drive. In non-RAID
configurations, the status indicator remains off. See the table below for details.
Color
Activity Blue
LED
Blue
Status Red
LED
Red
Red
Red
Red
Hard Drive Carrier LED Indicators
Blinking Pattern Behavior for Device
Solid On SAS drive installed
Blinking I/O activity
Solid On Failure of drive with RSTe support
Blinking at 1 Hz Rebuild drive with RSTe support
Blinking with two blinks Hot spare for drive with RSTe support
and one stop at 1 Hz
On for five seconds, Power on for drive with RSTe support
then off
Blinking at 4 Hz Identify drive with RSTe support
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