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Chapter 3: Maintenance and Component Installation
Figure 3-5. Mounting a Drive in a Carrier
Hard Drive Carrier LED Indicators
LED
State/Condition
Indication
Green
Blinking
Drive activity
Red
Binking
Drive rebuilding
Red
Solid on
Drive failure
Note:
Enterprise level hard disk drives are recommended for use in Supermicro chassis and
servers. For information on recommended HDDs, visit the Supermicro website at
http://www.
supermicro.com/products/nfo/files/storage/SBB-HDDCompList.pdf
Removing a Drive from a Drive Carrier
1. Remove the screws that secure the hard drive to the carrier and separate the hard drive
from the carrier.
2. Replace the carrier back into the drive bay.
Hard Drive Carrier Indicators
Each hard drive carrier has two LED indicators: an activity indicator and a status indicator. In
RAID configurations, the status indicator lights to indicate the status of the drive. In non-RAID
configurations, the status indicator remains off. See the table below for details.