On hotswap drives, the backplane provides two LED indicators per drive that transmit light to the top of their respective caddies.
1 . physical disk activity indicator 2 . physical disk status indicator 4 . physical disk eject button |
Drive-status indicator pattern (RAID only) | Condition |
Blinks green two times per second | Identifying drive or preparing for removal. |
Blinks green, amber, and turns off | Predicted drive failure |
Blinks amber four times per second | Drive failed |
Blinks green slowly | Drive rebuilding |
Steady green | Drive online |
Blinks green three seconds, amber three seconds, and turns off six seconds |
Rebuild aborted |
Off | Ready for insertion/removal or not detected |