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Chapter 2: Basic Operations
DXi4700 Hard Drive Carrier Indicators
Quantum DXi4700 User’s Guide
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DXi4700 Hard Drive Carrier Indicators
Each DXi4700 drive carrier in the Node module has two LED indicators (see
):
LED Indicator
Activity
Drive activity indicator (green)
l
Flashing
- Indicates hard disk drive activity.
Drive status indicator (green and amber)
l
Off
- Drive ready for insertion or removal
Note:
The drive status indicator remains off until
all drives are initialized after system power is
applied. Drives are not ready for insertion or
removal during this time.
l
Blinks green two times per second
- Identify
drive/preparing for removal
l
Blinks green, amber, and off
- Drive predicted
failure
l
Blinks amber four times per second
- Drive failed
l
Blinks green slowly
- Drive rebuilding
l
Steady green
- Drive online
l
Blinks green three seconds, amber three
seconds, and off six seconds
- Rebuild aborted
Note:
If a drive fails, you will be notified by a service ticket in the remote management console (see
).
Caution:
Do
not
remove a drive that has
not
failed. Instead, only remove a drive that has failed. If you
accidentally remove a good drive, wait 30 seconds before reinserting the drive.
Figure 29:
DXi4700 Drive Carrier LEDs
1 - Drive activity indicator (green) 2 - Drive status indicator (green and amber)