Disk drive status indicators
Three status indicators display the drive operational status.
drive status indicators.
Figure 1 1 Disk drive status indicators
1. Activity
3. Fault
Table 4 Disk drive status indicator descriptions
Status indicator
Activity
Online
Fault
Disk drive status displays
The disk drive status indicators can assume three states: on, off, or flashing. The status indicators
states for operational drive status are shown in
non-operational drive status indicator states.
Table 5 Operational disk drive status indications
Activity
Flashing
On
Flashing
Flashing
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Table 4 (page 30)
provides a description of each status indicator.
This green status indicator flashes when the disk drive is being
accessed. It is on when the drive is idle.
The green status indicator is on when the disk drive is online
and operating normally. This indicator will be off in the
following situations:
There is no controller on the bus.
+5.1 VDC is not available.
The drive is not properly installed in the enclosure.
This amber status indicator is on when there is a disk drive
failure. Depending on the host controller, this indicator may
flash when the controller detects an error condition.
The amber status indicator flashes in synchronization with
the other two status indicators in response to the EMU locate
command.
Online
Fault
On
Off
On
Off
Flashing
Flashing
On
Off
Figure 1 1 (page 30)
2. Online
Description
Table 5 (page
30). See
Initial startup.
The drive is online but is not being accessed.
The drive is being located.
The drive is operational and active.
shows the disk
Table 6 (page 31)
for the
Description