Drive Carrier Indicators - Supermicro SuperServer 420GH-TNGR User Manual

Drive Carrier Indicators

Each drive carrier has two LED indicators: an activity indicator and a status indicator. For
RAID configurations using a controller, the meaning of the status indicator is described in
the table below. For OS RAID or non-RAID configurations, some LED indications are not
supported, such as hot spare.
Color
Activity
Blue
LED
Blue
Off
Status Red
LED
Red
Red
Red
Red
Drive Carrier LED Indicators
Blinking Pattern Behavior for Device
Solid On Idle SAS/NVMe drive installed
Blinking I/O activity
Idle SATA drive
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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