HP ProLiant DL165 G6 Server Maintenance and Service Guide
Connectors, Switches, and LEDs 33
Table 6 Hard drive activity LED indicator status
Item LED indicator Status Description
Flashing green during a
drive activity (if
command is outstanding
continually the indicator
is forced to flash at 4 Hz
50% duty cycle instead
of solid off)
• The drive is currently performing an I/O
activity.
• The drive is a member of a RAID volume.
• The drive is not in a replacement or failed state
for any volumes that it is a member of (drive is
online).
• The drive is not rebuilding.
• The drive is not a member of a volume
undergoing capacity expansion or RAID
migration.
Flashing green @ 1 Hz
50% duty cycle (override
drive activity output)
• The drive is rebuilding.
• The drive is a member of a volume undergoing
capacity expansion or RAID migration.
2 Drive Online/Error LED
indicator
Off
• The drive is not in a failed state.
• The drive is not selected (unit identification).
Solid blue
• The drive is not in a failed state.
• The drive is selected (unit identification)
Solid amber
• The drive is in a failed state.
• The drive is not selected.
Flashing amber @ 1 Hz
50% duty cycle
Flashing amber/blue @
1 Hz 50% duty cycle
• The drive is in a predictive failure state.
• The drive is not in a failed state.
• The drive is not selected.
• The drive is in a failed or predictive failure
state.
• The drive is selected.










