Chassis Install Instructions (734751-001, March 2014)

Verifying the status of the disk drives
Both the HP G8 LFF and SFF drive carrier system uses I2C communication for drive authentication,
failure and configuration info, activity animation and enhanced LEDs.
DefinitionStatusIndicatorLocation
The drive is being identified by a
host application.
Solid blue1 Locate
Drive activityRotating green2. Activity ring
No drive activityOff
Do not remove the drive.
Removing the drive causes one
Solid white3. Do not remove
or more of the logical drives to
fail.
Drive is safe to remove. Will not
cause a logical drive to fail.
Off
The drive is a member of one or
more logical drives.
Solid green4. Drive status
The drive is rebuilding or
performing a RAID migration,
Flashing green
stripe size migration, capacity
expansion, or logical drive
extension, or is erasing
The drive is a member of one or
more logical drives and predicts
the drive will fail.
Flashing
amber/green
The drive is not configured and
predicts the drive will fail.
Flashing amber
The drive has failed.Solid amber
The drive is not configured by a
RAID controller.
Off
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