Hot-plug drive LED definitions

When a drive is configured as part of a Smart Array and connected to a powered-up controller, the drive LEDs indicate the condition of the drive. If no Smart Array adapter is present, then these drives will not be hot pluggable, but will still show the activity LEDs.





Item

LED

Status

Definition

1

Locate

Solid blue

The drive is being identified by a host application.

Flashing blue

The drive carrier firmware is being updated or requires an update.

2

Activity ring

Rotating green

Drive activity

Off

No drive activity

3

Do not remove

Solid white

Do not remove the drive. Removing the drive causes one or more of the logical drives to fail.

Off

Removing the drive does not cause a logical drive to fail.

4

Drive status

Solid green

The drive is a member of one or more logical drives.

Flashing green

The drive is rebuilding or performing a RAID migration, strip size migration, capacity expansion, or logical drive extension, or is erasing.

Flashing amber/green

The drive is a member of one or more logical drives and predicts the drive will fail.

Flashing amber

The drive is not configured and predicts the drive will fail.

Solid amber

The drive has failed.

Off

The drive is not configured by a RAID controller.