Specifications

Operation and Management
45MSA1000 Reference Guide
Hard Drive Indicators
The three disk drive status indicators displayed in the following figure define the
operational status of each drive.
Figure 14: Hard drive indicators
Look for red Drive Failure indicators on any hot-pluggable drive. If any Drive
Failure indicator appears amber, replace that drive as soon as possible. Refer to
the section “Replacing Hard Drives,” later in this chapter, for important
information on when it is safe to replace drives.
Table 6: Determining Hard Drive Status from Indicator Combinations
Activity
1
Online
2
Fault
3 Meaning
On Off Off The drive is being accessed, but it is:
■ Not configured as part of an array.
■ A replacement drive and rebuild has not
yet started.
■ Spinning up during POST.
Flashing Flashing Flashing Do not remove the drive. Removing a drive
during this process can cause data loss in
non-fault-tolerant configurations.
The drive is part of an array being selected
by the Array Configuration Utility, or the CLI
using the locate command.
1
2
3