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Figure 15 Drive LEDs
(1) Fault/UID LED
(2) Present/Active LED
To identify the status of a SAS or SATA drive, use
. To identify the status of an NVMe drive,
use
Table 13 SAS/SATA drive LED description
Fault/UID LED status
Present/Active LED status
Description
Flashing amber (0.5 Hz)
Steady green/Flashing green
(4.0 Hz)
A drive failure is predicted. As a best
practice, replace the drive before it fails.
Steady amber
Steady green/Flashing green
(4.0 Hz)
The drive is faulty. Replace the drive
immediately.
Steady blue
Steady green/Flashing green
(4.0 Hz)
The drive is operating correctly and is
selected by the RAID controller.
Off
Flashing green (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 green
The drive is present but no data is being
read or written to the drive.
Off
Off
The drive is not securely installed.
Table 14 NVMe drive LED description
Fault/UID LED status
Present/Active LED status
Description
Flashing amber (4 Hz)
Off
The drive is in hot insertion process.
Steady amber
Steady green/Flashing green
(4.0 Hz)
The drive is faulty. Replace the drive
immediately.
Steady blue
Steady green/Flashing green
(4.0 Hz)
The drive is operating correctly and selected
by the RAID controller.
Off
Flashing green (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 green
The drive is present but no data is being
read or written to the drive.
Off
Off
The drive is not securely installed.
Drive backplanes
The server supports the following types of drive backplanes:
•
SAS/SATA drive backplanes
—Support only SAS/SATA drives.
•
UniBay drive backplanes
—Support both SAS/SATA and NVMe drives.