Hard Disk Drive Indicator Patterns - Dell MD1420 Hardware Owner's Manual

Hard disk drive indicator patterns

Figure 3. Hard disk drive indicators
1. hard disk drive activity indicator (green)
2. hard disk drive status indicator (green and amber)
3. hard disk drive
Hard disk drive- status indicator pattern (RAID Only)
Blinks green two times per second
Off
Blinks green, amber, and off
Blinks amber four times per second
Blinks green slowly
Steady green
Blinks green for three seconds, amber for three seconds, and turns
off in six seconds.
Condition
Identify hard disk drive or preparing for removal
Hard disk drive ready for insertion or removal
NOTE: The hard disk drive status indicator remains off
until all hard disk drives are initialized after system
power is turned on. Hard disk drives are not ready for
insertion or removal during this time. The Dell
PowerEdge RAID controller PERC H830 and 12Gb SAS
HBA may take up to a minute to discover and initialize all
the hard disk drives.
Hard disk drive predicted failure
Hard disk drive failed
Hard disk drive rebuilding
Hard disk drive online
Rebuild aborted
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