Owners Manual

Table 1. Front-panel indicators (continued)
Item Indicator Icon Description
5 Service action required
indicator (system)
The Service action required indicator lights amber when there
is a fault in one of the components in the system.
6 Service action allowed
indicator (system)
CAUTION: Remove the physical disk drawer from the
system only if the Service action allowed indicator
lights blue. Removing the physical disk drawer from
the system when the Service action allowed indicator
is off may damage the system.
NOTE: The Service action allowed indicator LED is not
used in server attached configurations.
Blue Indicates that you can safely remove
the physical disk drawer from the
system.
Off Indicates that you cannot remove the
physical disk drawer from the system.
7 Service action required
indicator (drawer)
Amber Indicates that the cable is attached and
at least one lane has a link up status,
but at least one lane has a link down
status.
Off Indicates that:
● No cable is attached.
● A cable is attached, and all lanes
have a link up status.
● A cable is attached, and all lanes
have a link down status.
8 Drive activity indicator
NOTE: The associated physical disk is indicated by a
number (0 to 11) that is displayed above the drive activity
indicator. For example, for physical disk 2 on the physical
disk drawer, the drive activity indicator has 2 displayed
above the drive activity indicator.
Green Indicates that power is on and the
physical disk is operating normally.
Blinks green Indicates I/O activity for that physical
disk.
Off Indicates that there is no power
reaching the drive or a drive is not
installed.
Back-panel features
NOTE: The following illustration displays the Dell EMC PowerVault MD3460 storage enclosure.
8 About your system