Locate A Faulty Hard Disk Drive - Sun Oracle SPARC T3-2 Service Manual

▼ Locate a Faulty Hard Disk Drive

This procedure describes how to identify a faulty HDD using the fault LEDs on the
drive.
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View the hard disk drive LEDs to determine the status of the hard drive.
When the amber Service Required LED on the front of a drive is lit, a fault has
occurred on that drive.
Hard Disk Drive LEDs
FIGURE:
The following table explains how to interpret the hard disk drive status LEDs.
LED
1 Ready to
Remove
2 Service
Required
3 OK/Activity
(HDDs)
OK/Activity
(SSDs)
Color Description
Blue Indicates that a hard drive can be removed
during a hot-swap operation.
Amber Indicates that the hard drive has experienced a
fault condition.
Green Indicates the hard drive's availability for use.
• On -- Read or write activity is in progress.
• Off -- Drive is idle and available for use.
Green Indicates the hard drive's availability for use.
• On -- Read or write activity is in progress.
• Off -- Drive is idle and available for use.
• Flashes on and off -- This occurs during
hot-plug operations. It can be ignored.
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