Replacing, Moving, Or Adding Hard Drives; Identifying The Status Of A Hard Drive; Hot-Plug Scsi Hard Drive Led Combinations - HP 273914-B21 - Smart Array 6404/256 RAID Controller User Manual

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives

In this section
Identifying the status of a hard drive ......................................................................................................... 22
Recognizing hard drive failure ................................................................................................................. 23
Replacing hard drives ............................................................................................................................. 24
Moving drives and arrays ....................................................................................................................... 27
Adding drives ........................................................................................................................................ 28

Identifying the status of a hard drive

When a drive is configured as a part of an array and connected to a powered-up controller, the condition
of the drive can be determined from the illumination pattern of the hard drive status lights (LEDs). The table
("Hot-plug SCSI hard drive LED
illumination patterns.

Hot-plug SCSI hard drive LED combinations

Activity Online LED
LED (1) (2)
On, off, or On or off
flashing
On, off, or On
flashing
combinations" on page 22) describes the meanings of the different
Fault LED Interpretation
(3)
Flashing A predictive failure alert has been received for this drive.
Replace the drive as soon as possible.
Off The drive is online and is configured as part of an array.
If the array is configured for fault tolerance and all other drives in the
array are online, and a predictive failure alert is received or a drive
capacity upgrade is in progress, you may replace the drive online.
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