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Figure 9 Drive numbering
Drive LEDs
The blade server supports SAS, SATA, and NVMe drives, of which SAS and SATA drives support hot
swapping. You can use the LEDs on a drive to identify its status.
LEDs on a drive.
Figure 10 Drive LEDs
(1) Drive fault/UID LED
(2) Drive present/active LED
To identify the status of a SAS or SATA drive, use
. To identify the status of an NVMe drive,
use
Table 10 SAS/SATA drive LED description
Drive fault/UID
LED status
Drive present/active
LED status
Description
Flashing amber (0.5
Hz)
Steady/Flashing (4.0 Hz)
A drive failure is predicted. As a best practice, replace
the drive before it fails.
Steady amber
Steady/Flashing (4.0 Hz)
The drive is faulty. Replace the drive immediately.
Steady blue
Steady/Flashing (4.0 Hz)
The drive is operating correctly and is selected by the
RAID controller.
Off
Flashing (4.0 Hz)
The drive is performing a RAID migration or rebuilding,
or the system is reading or writing data to the drive.
Off
Steady on
The drive is present but no data is being read or written
to the drive.
Off
Off
The drive is not securely installed.
NVMe drives support managed hot removal and hot swapping. For information on operating systems
that support managed hot removal and hot swapping, contact Technical Support.
