Tiger Box 4U24 Assembly Guide
Hardware Monitoring:
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Monitoring RAID Drives Activity
Note:
To monitor RAID drives activity, you should remove the front panel bezel.
You can monitor the activity of the RAID drives using the LED indicators on the top
of each HDD carrier:
Important:
To diagnose RAID drive failure, it is advisable to regularly check
the RAID status in the Storage page of Tiger Store’s web UI (refer to the Tiger
Store Administration Guide). Degraded RAID status indicates that a drive has
failed and needs to be replaced with the spare drive, following the steps described in
“Replacing a Failed Drive” on page 14.
Monitoring Client Connectivity
You can monitor the connectivity of SAN/LAN clients using the LED indicators on the
FC/10GbE/1GbE ports respectively.
FC ports
Your configuration can include 8Gb or 16Gb FC cards. The FC cards are set up to work
in auto mode i.e. their ports transmit data depending on the connectivity mode of the
client’s (or the switch’s) FC card. You can view the transmission mode through any FC
information LED
red
solid
an overheat condition
has occurred
red
slow blinking
(once a second)
fan failure, check for an
inoperative fan.
red
fast blinking
(more than 4 times a
second)
power failure, check for
a non-operational
power supply.
blue
solid
The UID button at the
back of the appliance is
pressed. To turn off the
LED, continuously
press the UID button
again.
inactive LED
-
-
-
IPMI port activity LED
green
blinking
there is activity on the
IPMI port
-
-
offline or no activity
Appliance HDD LED
green
blinking
appliance flash drive
activity
Power LED
green
solid
The system is operating
and power is properly
supplied to the system
power units.
Indicator
LED color Status
Description
Activity LED blue
blinking
I/O activity
blue
solid
SAS RAID drive is idle
-
-
SATA RAID drive is idle
Status LED
red
solid
Drive failure
red
slow blinking
(once a second)
Drive is rebuilding.
red
two blinks
followed by a
pause
Drive operates as a hot spare.
