The NVMe SSD is a PCIe bus device. A device attached to a PCIe bus cannot be removed without allowing the device and bus to complete and cease the signal/traffic flow.
CAUTION: Do not remove an NVMe SSD from the drive bay while the Do not remove LED is flashing. The Do not remove LED flashes to indicate that the device is still in use. Removing the NVMe SSD before the device has completed and ceased signal/traffic flow can cause loss of data.
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
Drive status
Solid green
The drive is a member of one or more logical drives.
Flashing green
The drive is doing one of the following:
Rebuilding
Performing a RAID migration
Performing a stripe size migration
Performing a capacity expansion
Performing a logical drive extension
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.
4
Do not remove
Solid white
Do not remove the drive. The drive must be ejected from the PCIe bus prior to removal.
Flashing white
The drive ejection request is pending.
Off
The drive has been ejected.
5
Power
Solid green
Do not remove the drive. The drive must be ejected from the PCIe bus prior to removal.
