Hard Disk Drive Indicator Patterns - Dell MD1400 Owner's Manual

Hard disk drive indicator patterns

Figure 3. Hard disk drive indicators
1. hard disk drive activity indicator (green)
3. hard disk drive
Hard disk drive- status indicator pattern (RAID
Only)
Blinks green two times per second
Off
Blinks green, amber, and off
Blinks amber four times per second
Blinks green slowly
Steady green
2. hard disk drive status indicator (green and
amber)
Condition
Identify hard disk drive or preparing for removal
Hard disk drive ready for insertion or removal
NOTE: The hard disk drive status indicator
remains off until all hard disk drives are
initialized after system power is turned on.
Hard disk drives are not ready for insertion or
removal during this time. The Dell PowerEdge
RAID controller PERC H830 and 12Gb SAS
HBA may take up to a minute to discover and
initialize all the hard disk drives.
Hard disk drive predicted failure
Hard disk drive failed
Hard disk drive rebuilding
Hard disk drive online
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