System Storage and Peripheral Drive Bays Overview Intel® Storage Server System JBOD 2000 Family Hardware Guide
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Light pipes integrated into the drive tray assembly direct the light emitted from Amber drive
status and Green activity LEDs located next to each drive connector on the backplane, to the
drive tray faceplate, making them visible from the front of the system.
Figure 12. Status and Activity LED on 2.5” Drive Tray
Table 5. Drive Status LED States
Amber
Off
No access and no fault.
Solid on
Hard drive fault has occurred.
Blink
RAID rebuild in progress (1 Hz);
Identify (2 Hz).
Table 6. Drive Activity LED States
Green
Condition
Drive Type
Behavior
Power on with no drive
activity
SAS
LED stays on.
SATA
LED stays off.
Power on with drive
activity
SAS
LED blinks off when processing a command.
SATA
LED blinks on when processing a command.
Power on and drive
spun down
SAS
LED stays off.
SATA
LED stays off.
Power on and drive
spinning up
SAS
LED blinks.
SATA
LED stays off.
