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4 sas drive carrier leds – SUPER MICRO Computer Dual Processor AS 1020C-3 User Manual

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Chapter 3: System Interface

3-3

HDD: Indicates IDE channel activity. On the 1020C-3 this light indicates

SAS and/or CD-ROM drive activity when fl ashing.

Power:

Indicates power is being supplied to the system's power supply

units. This LED should normally be illuminated when the system is operating.

3-4 SAS

Drive

Carrier

LEDs

Each SAS drive carrier has two LEDs.

Green:

When illuminated, the green LED on the front of the SAS drive car-

rier indicates drive activity. A connection to the SAS backplane enables this LED

to blink on and off when that particular drive is being accessed.

Red: The 1020C-3 features a SES2 compliant backplane that activates the

red LEDs, which indicate a drive failure. Please refer to Chapter 6 for instructions

on replacing failed SAS drives.