Owners Manual

SC4020 Storage System Drives

The SC4020 storage system supports only Dell Enterprise Plus hard disk drives (HDDs) and Dell Enterprise solid-state drives (eSSDs).

Figure 10. SC4020 Storage System Drive Indicators

Item Control/Feature Indicator Code

1 Drive activity indicator

• Blinking green – Drive activity

• Steady green – Drive is detected and has no faults

2 Drive status indicator

• Off – Normal operation

• Blinking amber (on 1 sec. / off 1 sec.) – Drive identification is enabled

• Blinking amber (on 2 sec. / off 1 sec.) – Hardware/firmware fault

• Steady amber – Drive is safe to remove

SC4020 Storage System Drive Numbering

Drives are numbered from left to right in the SC4020 storage system.

The Storage Center identifies drives as XX-YY, where XX is the unit ID of the storage system, and YY is the drive position inside the

storage system.

The SC4020 holds up to 24 drives, which are numbered from left to right starting from 0.

Figure 11. SC4020 Storage Systems Drive Numbering

About the SC4020 Storage System