Hard Drive Led Combinations; Hot-Plug Scsi Hard Drive Led Combinations; Sas And Sata Hard Drive Led Combinations - HP ProLiant DL388 Troubleshooting Manual

Hard drive LED combinations

Hot-plug SCSI hard drive LED combinations

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

SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations

NOTE:
controller.
Online/activity
LED (green)
On, off, or flashing Alternating amber
On, off, or flashing Steadily blue
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.
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:
•
The drive is part of an array being selected by an array
configuration utility
•
Drive Identification has been selected in HP SIM
•
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:
•
The drive is not configured as part of an array
•
The drive is configured as part of an array, but it is a replacement
drive that is not being accessed or being rebuilt yet
•
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
Fault/UID LED Interpretation
(amber/blue)
The drive has failed, or a predictive failure alert has been received
and blue for this drive; it also has been selected by a management
application.
The drive is operating normally, and it has been selected by a
management application.
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