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Installing Disk and Tape Drives
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Hot Swap Drive Status Indicators
The hot-swap backplane monitors the hot swap drives to identify error conditions or
failures. This status is displayed on the LEDs. The left LED displays the device
activity status. The right LED is the fault LED.
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Activity Status
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the left LED (green) is on or flashing when the hot swap
drive is active.
CAUTION:
For non-RAID adapters, removing a hot swap
drive when the left LED is on or flashing can cause the loss
or corruption of data.
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Fault LED
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for RAID adapters, the right LED (amber) is the hot swap drive
fault LED and indicates an error condition when it is either on or flashing.
Hot Swap Drive Status LEDs
Green Activity
Status LED
Amber Fault LED Indication
On Off Device is operating properly.
Flashing Off Device is operating properly.
Off Off Device is inactive and operating normally.
There is no fault.
On On Fault: Device is hung. Replace drive.
Off On Fault: Device is inactive and spun down.
Replace drive.
On Flashing Fault: Device is active and spinning down
due to a fault.