HP ProLiant DL385 Generation 2 Server Maintenance and Service Guide
Table Of Contents
- HP ProLiant DL385 Generation 2 Server Maintenance and Service Guide
- Notice
- Contents
- Customer self repair
- Illustrated parts catalog
- Removal and replacement procedures
- Required tools
- Safety considerations
- Preparation procedures
- Access panel
- SAS hard drive blank
- Hot-plug SAS hard drive
- Power supply blank
- Hot-plug power supply
- DC power supply
- Media drive or blank
- Hot-plug fan
- Power supply cage assembly
- Battery-backed write cache procedures
- Air baffle
- Processor fan bracket
- Front bezel
- Systems Insight Display
- Fan board
- Processor fan bracket plate
- Media drive ejector assembly
- PPM
- PPM retainer
- Heatsink
- Processor
- DIMMs
- Power supply backplane
- Hard drive backplane
- Hard drive backplane retainer
- PCI riser cage
- Expansion slot covers
- Expansion slot cover retainer (slots 1 and 2)
- Expansion boards
- Battery
- System board
- I/O fan bracket
- Cabling
- Diagnostic tools
- Component identification
- Front panel components
- Front panel LEDs and buttons
- Rear panel components
- Rear panel LEDs and buttons
- System board
- Systems Insight Display LEDs
- Systems Insight Display LEDs and internal health LED combinations
- Device numbers
- SAS and SATA hard drive LEDs
- SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations
- PCI riser cage LED
- Battery pack LEDs
- Hot-plug fans (6-fan configuration)
- Hot-plug fans (12-fan configuration)
- Fan board components
- Specifications
- Acronyms and abbreviations

Component identification 99
SAS and SATA hard drive LED combinations
Online/activity
LED (green)
Fault/UID LED
(amber/blue)
Interpretation
On, off, or
flashing
Alternating amber and
blue
The drive has failed, or a predictive failure alert has been
received for this drive; it also has been selected by a
management application.
On, off, or
flashing
Steadily blue The drive is operating normally, and it has been selected by a
management application.
On Amber, flashing
regularly (1 Hz)
A predictive failure alert has been received for this drive.
Replace the drive as soon as possible.
On Off The drive is online, but it is not active currently.
Flashing regularly
(1 Hz)
Amber, flashing
regularly (1 Hz)
Do not remove the drive. Removing a drive may terminate the
current operation and cause data loss.
The drive is part of an array that is undergoing capacity
expansion or stripe migration, but a predictive failure alert has
been received for this drive. To minimize the risk of data loss,
do not replace the drive until the expansion or migration is
complete.
Flashing regularly
(1 Hz)
Off Do not remove the drive. Removing a drive may terminate the
current operation and cause data loss.
The drive is rebuilding, or it is part of an array that is
undergoing capacity expansion or stripe migration.
Flashing
irregularly
Amber, flashing
regularly (1 Hz)
The drive is active, but a predictive failure alert has been
received for this drive. Replace the drive as soon as possible.
Flashing
irregularly
Off The drive is active, and it is operating normally.
Off Steadily amber A critical fault condition has been identified for this drive, and
the controller has placed it offline. Replace the drive as soon as
possible.
Off Amber, flashing
regularly (1 Hz)
A predictive failure alert has been received for this drive.
Replace the drive as soon as possible.
Off Off The drive is offline, a spare, or not configured as part of an
array.
PCI riser cage LED
CAUTION: To prevent damage to the server or expansion boards, power down the server and
remove all AC power cords before removing or installing the PCI riser cage.










