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Chapter 1: Introduction
1.2 System Features
The following views of the system display the main features. Refer to Appendix B for additional
specifications.
Front View
Figure 1-1. Front View
Logical Storage Drive Numbers
Item
Description
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3.5" hot-swap SAS3/SATA3/NVMe* drive bays
Slim DVD ROM drive (optional)
Slim floppy drive bay/USB/COM port tray (optional)
* SAS3 and NVMe support available with additional parts; see optional parts list
Drive Carrier Indicators
Each drive carrier has two LED indicators: an activity indicator and a status indicator. For RAID
configurations using a controller, the meaning of the status indicator is described in the table
below. For OS RAID or non-RAID configurations, some LED indications are not supported,
such as hot spare. For VROC configurations, refer to the VROC appendix in this manual.
Drive Carrier LED Indicators
Color
Blinking Pattern
Behavior for Device
Activity LED
Blue
Solid On
Idle SAS/NVMe drive installed
Blue
Blinking
I/O activity
Off
Idle SATA drive
Status LED
Red
Solid On
Failure of drive with RSTe support
Red
Blinking at 1Hz
Rebuild drive with RSTe support
Red
Blinking with two blinks
and one stop at 1Hz
Hot spare for drive with RSTe support
Red
On for five seconds,
then off
Power on for drive with RSTe support
Red
Blinking at 4Hz
Identify drive with RSTe support
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Control Panel
Rack Ear Bracket
Rack Ear Bracket
Service Tag
0
5
4
3
2
1
4
5
0
3