Maintaining Disks; Interpreting Disk Leds - Dell EqualLogic PS5000 Hardware Maintenance

2 Maintaining Disks

A PS5000 array includes up to 16 hot-swappable disks, either Serial Attached
SCSI (SAS) disks or Serial ATA (SATA) disks, depending on the type of control
module.
Disk maintenance topics include:
• Interpreting Disk LEDs on page 2-1
• Disk Handling Requirements on page 2-2
• Identifying Failed Disks on page 2-3
• Removing Disks on page 2-3
• Installing Disks on page 2-5
Disk maintenance topics apply to both SAS and SATA disks.

Interpreting Disk LEDs

Figure 2-1shows how disks are numbered in a PS5000 array.
Figure 2-2 shows how to identify the type of disk (SAS or SATA) and shows the
disk LEDs. Table 2-1 describes the LEDs.
Figure 2-1: PS5000 Disk Numbering
Figure 2-2: Disk LEDs
2–1