Drive Indicators
SAS/SATA Drive Indicators
Figure 2-22 shows the SAS/SATA drive indicators.
Drive Activity Indicator (Green) |
Drive Fault Indicator (Yellow) |
Description |
|---|---|---|
Steady on |
Off |
The drive is detected. |
Blinking at 4 Hz |
Off |
Data is being read or written properly, or data on the primary drive is being rebuilt. |
Steady on |
Blinking at 1 Hz |
The drive is being located by the RAID controller card. |
Blinking at 1 Hz |
Blinking at 1 Hz |
The data on the secondary drive is being rebuilt. |
Off |
Steady on |
A drive in a RAID array is removed. |
Steady on |
Steady on |
A drive in a RAID array is faulty. |
NVMe drive indicators
Figure 2-23 shows the NVMe drive indicators.
Drive Activity Indicator (Green) |
Drive Fault Indicator (Yellow) |
Description |
|---|---|---|
Off |
Off |
The NVMe drive cannot be detected or the PCIe link is down. |
Steady green |
Off |
The NVMe drive is detected and operating properly. |
Blinking green at 2 Hz |
Off |
Data is being read from or written to the NVMe drive. |
Off |
Blinking yellow at 2 Hz |
The NVMe drive is being located or hot-swapped. |
Off |
Blinking yellow at 0.5 Hz |
The NVMe drive has completed the hot swap process and is removable. |
Steady green or off |
Steady yellow |
The NVMe drive is faulty. |