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Dell SC400, SC420, and SC420F Expansion Enclosure Owner's Manual

Identify the Failed Hard Drive

To determine which hard drive failed, use the Storage Manager .

  1. Use the Storage Manager to connect to the Storage Center.
  2. Click the Hardware tab.
  3. In the Hardware tab navigation pane, select the Storage Center.
  4. In the Hardware Alerts area, find the hardware alert that identifies the expansion enclosure with the failed hard drive.
    Figure 1. Hardware Alert Identifying the Expansion Enclosure with the Failed Hard Drive Failed hard drive hardware alert.
  5. In the Hardware tab navigation pane, expand the expansion enclosure identified in the previous step.
  6. Select Disks. The status of each hard drive is displayed in the Disks tab.
  7. Select the failed hard drive. The location of the failed hard drive is displayed in the Disk View tab.
    Figure 2. Front View of the Expansion Enclosure Showing the Failed Hard Drive Failed hard drive.

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