HP Store Once Backup System 2700, 4500 and 4700 Installation and Configuration Guide
Hot-plug drive LEDs
Server units
The hot-plug drives in head server units have four LEDs.
• HP StoreOnce 2700 Backup: all four drives are as illustrated below, this model does not
support expansion shelves
• HP StoreOnce 4500 Backup: all twelve drives in the head server unit are as illustrated below,
the disks in the expansion shelf have a different carrier
• HP StoreOnce 4700 Backup: the two drives in the head server unit are as illustrated below,
the disks in the expansion shelves have a different carrier
Figure 27 Drive LEDs (head server units)
Solid blue = The drive is being identified by a host application.1. Locate
Flashing blue = The drive carrier firmware is being updated or requires an update.
Off = No drive activity2. Activity ring
Rotating green = Drive activity
Solid white = Do not remove the drive. Removing the drive causes one or more of the
logical drives to fail.
3. Do not remove
Off = Removing the drive will not cause a logical drive to fail.
Off = The drive is not configured by a RAID controller.4. Drive status
Solid green = The drive is a member of one or more logical drives.
Flashing green = The drive is rebuilding or performing a RAID migration, stripe size
migration, capacity expansion, or logical drive extension.
Flashing amber/green = The drive is a member of one or more logical drives and predicts
the hard drive will fail.
Flashing amber = The drive is not configured and predicts the hard drive will fail.
Solid amber = The drive has failed.
102 Understanding LEDs