Item
LED
Status
Definition
Solid amber
The drive has failed.
Off
The drive is not configured by a RAID
controller or a spare drive.
NVMe SSD LED definitions
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.
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