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Enclosure drive led status indicators – Avago Technologies 3ware 9650SE-12ML (Channel) User Manual

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Checking Unit and Drive Status through 3DM

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Tip:

You can scroll both sections of the Drive Information page to bring

additional drive information or drives into view. Press

Tab

to move

between the two sections.

Figure 63. Drive Information page (3BM)

Enclosure Drive LED Status Indicators

If you have a supported enclosure, the LEDs on your enclosure may be able to
provide some status information about your drives and units.

Note:

The following table is an example of how LEDs may be used. Check with

your chassis or enclosure documentation for more details. Not all features may be
supported or implemented in the same way on all chassis.list of supported
enclosures is available at

http://www.3ware.com/products/sys_compatibility.asp

Table 11: Meaning of LED Colors and Behavior

Color

Drive Status

Solid green

OK

Blinking green

Identify

This occurs when you have used the Identify command in 3DM
to locate a particular drive or unit. (See “Locating a Drive by
Blinking Its LED” on page 152.)

Black

No drive

Solid Amber

Hot spare

Blinking amber

Rebuilding

The drive in this slot is part of a RAID unit that is currently
rebuilding. You can continue to use the unit. For more
information, see “Rebuilding Units” on page 167.