Sas And Sata Hard Drive Leds; Sas And Sata Hard Drive Led Combinations - HP ProLiant DL G6 User Manual

SAS and SATA hard drive LEDs

Item Description
Fault/UID LED
1
Online/activity LED
2

SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations

Online/activity
LED (green)
On, off, or
flashing
On, off, or
flashing
On
On
Flashing regularly
(1 Hz)
Status
Amber = Drive failure
Flashing amber = Fault-process activity
Blue = Unit identification is active
Off = No fault-process activity
Green = Drive activity
Flashing green = High activity on the drive or
drive is being configured as part of an array
Off = No drive activity
Fault/UID LED Interpretation
(amber/blue)
Alternating amber and The drive has failed, or a predictive failure alert has been
blue received for this drive; it also has been selected by a management
application.
Steadily blue 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.
Off The drive is online, but it is not active currently.
Amber, flashing Do not remove the drive. Removing a drive may terminate the
regularly (1 Hz) current operation and cause data loss.
The drive is part of an array that is undergoing capacity
expansion or stripe migration, but a predictive failure alert has
been received for this drive. To minimize the risk of data loss, do
not replace the drive until the expansion or migration is complete.
Component identification 17