Disk drive status indicators, Disk drive status displays – HP 4000.6000.8000 Enterprise Virtual Arrays User Manual
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Up to 14 disk drives can be installed in a drive enclosure.
Disk drive status indicators
Three status indicators display the drive operational status.
shows the disk
drive status indicators.
provides a description of each status indicator.
Figure 11 Disk drive status indicators
2. Online
1. Activity
3. Fault
Table 4 Disk drive status indicator descriptions
Description
Status indicator
This green status indicator flashes when the disk drive is being
accessed. It is on when the drive is idle.
Activity
The green status indicator is on when the disk drive is online
and operating normally. This indicator will be off in the
following situations:
Online
•
There is no controller on the bus.
•
+5.1 VDC is not available.
•
The drive is not properly installed in the enclosure.
This amber status indicator is on when there is a disk drive
failure. Depending on the host controller, this indicator may
flash when the controller detects an error condition.
The amber status indicator flashes in synchronization with
the other two status indicators in response to the EMU locate
command.
Fault
Disk drive status displays
The disk drive status indicators can assume three states: on, off, or flashing. The status indicators
states for operational drive status are shown in
. See
for the
non-operational drive status indicator states.
Table 5 Operational disk drive status indications
Description
Fault
Online
Activity
Initial startup.
Off
On
Flashing
The drive is online but is not being accessed.
Off
On
On
The drive is being located.
Flashing
Flashing
Flashing
The drive is operational and active.
Off
On
Flashing
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