Replacing, Moving, Or Adding Hard Drives; Identifying The Status Of A Hard Drive - HP StorageWorks D2D100 - Backup System User Manual

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives

In this section
Identifying the status of a hard drive ......................................................................................................... 24
Recognizing hard drive failure ................................................................................................................. 25
Replacing hard drives ............................................................................................................................. 27
Moving drives and arrays ....................................................................................................................... 30
Adding drives ........................................................................................................................................ 30

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).
Item Description
1 Fault/ID LED (amber/blue)
2 Online LED (green)
Online/Activity
LED (green)
On, off, or flashing Alternating amber
On, off, or flashing Steadily blue
On
Fault/UID LED Interpretation
(amber/blue)
The drive has failed, or a predictive failure alert has been
and blue received 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.
Amber, flashing
A predictive failure alert has been received for this drive.
regularly (1 Hz)
Replace the drive as soon as possible.
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