Status displays of the hard disk drives in a RAID5 system
A defective hard disk drive in the RAID system is displayed by the status displays at the front
of the device.
The following table includes information on the alarms of the status displays. If the hard disk
drive is defective and the SIMATIC monitoring software is installed, the LEDs of the status
display light up individually or simultaneously.
Status display
HDD0 alarm
HDD1 alarm
HDD2 alarm
HDD3 alarm
Replacing a defective hard disk drive in the RAID system
1. Determine which hard disk drive has been reported as defective by the RAID software
(HDD on port 0, 1, 2 or 3).
2. Remove the defective hard disk drive (internal drive or drive in the removable tray).
3. Replace the defective hard disk with a hard disk of the same type and capacity.
6.6.8
Inserting the 5.25" drive in the drive cage type B
Requirement
● The device is equipped with the drive cage type B.
● The device is fully disconnected from the mains voltage; see section "Switching off the
device (Page 63)".
● The device is open.
● T10 screwdriver
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②
③
④
SIMATIC IPC547G
Operating Instructions, 04/2020, A5E49948632-AA
RAID BIOS
Port 0
Port 1
Port 2
Port 3
5.25" drive slot 2
5.25" drive slot 1
5.25" drive slot 0
DVD slimline drive in the DVD slot
Expanding and assigning parameters to the device
RAID software
Data cable connec-
tion
Device port 0
0
Device port 1
1
Device port 2
2
Device port 3
3
6.6 Drives
Drive
0
1
2
3
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