Troubleshooting; Nvme Pcie Ssd Carrier Led Indicators - Dell Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD U.2 User Manual

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NVMe PCIe SSD Carrier LED indicators

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Ungraceful system shutdown or power loss

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General errors

NVMe PCIe SSD Carrier LED indicators

The LEDs on the NVMe PCIe SSD U.2 carrier indicate the state of each physical device. Each NVMe PCIe SSD carrier in your enclosure

has an activity LED (green) and a status LED (bicolor, green/amber). The activity LED flashes whenever the device is accessed.

Figure 1. NVMe PCIe SSD device carrier LED indicators

status indicator

release button

While the operating system is running, the status indicator provides the current status of the device. The following table lists the device

states along with the associated LED indicator codes.

Table 1. NVMe PCIe SSD U.2 states and LED indicator codes

State Name

Device status off

Device online

Device identify (blink)

Device failed

Contacting Dell

Slot/Device State

The server or device is not

powered up.

The device is powered up.

The device is identifying the slot

location or is indicating the

device has received a Prepare

for Removal command from the

host operating system.

The host operating system no

longer has access to the device

because the device is not