Hard Drive Led Combinations; Hot-Plug Scsi Hard Drive Led Combinations; Sas And Sata Hard Drive Led Combinations - HP ProLiant BL620c - G7 Server Troubleshooting Manual

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Drives must be the same capacity to provide the greatest storage space efficiency when drives are
grouped together into the same drive array.

Hard drive LED combinations

Hot-plug SCSI hard drive LED combinations

Activity Online
LED (1) LED (2)
On, off, On or off
or
flashing
On, off, On
or
flashing
On or Flashing
flashing
On Off
Flashing Flashing
Off Off
Off Off

SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations

NOTE:
controller.
Fault Interpretation
LED (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.
Off Do not remove the drive. Removing a drive may terminate the
current operation and cause data loss.
The drive is rebuilding or undergoing capacity expansion.
Off Do not remove the drive.
The drive is being accessed, but (1) it is not configured as part of
an array; (2) it is a replacement drive and rebuild has not yet
started; or (3) it is spinning up during the POST sequence.
Flashing Do not remove the drive. Removing a drive may cause data loss in
non-fault-tolerant configurations.
One or more of the following conditions may exist:
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The drive is part of an array being selected by an array
configuration utility
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Drive Identification has been selected in HP SIM
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The drive firmware is being updated
On The drive has been placed offline due to hard disk drive failure or
subsystem communication failure.
You may need to replace the drive.
Off One or more of the following conditions may exist:
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The drive is not configured as part of an array
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The drive is configured as part of an array, but it is a
replacement drive that is not being accessed or being rebuilt yet
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The drive is configured as an online spare
If the drive is connected to an array controller, you may replace the
drive online.
Predictive failure alerts can occur only when the server is connected to a Smart Array
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