Hard Drive RAID Status Indicators
Each hard drive has its own set of LED indicators to show its activity and status.
Figure 4:
(1) Status LED. (2) Activity LED
The Activity LED flashes green when the hard drives are working. The following table describes what the Status
LEDs indicate:
LED Indicator
Description
Green
The hard drive is online.
Off
The hard drive is disconnected from the recorder.
Two short green flashes every second
The system is identifying a new hard drive, or preparing a hard
drive for removal.
Flashes green, orange then off
The hard drive is predicted to fail.
Four short orange flashes per second
The hard drive has failed.
Flashes green slowly
The hard drive is rebuilding.
Blinks green for three seconds, orange for
three seconds and off for six seconds
The hard drive rebuild has been aborted.
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Hard Drive RAID Status Indicators