About Your System 25
Table 1-4. Hard-Drive Indicator Patterns
Indicator State Description
Activity indicator Off Drive is not being
accessed
On Drive is being accessed
Status indicator
(SAS drives with
optional RAID
controller only)
Off
• Drive is ready for
removal.
• Drive bay is empty.
• Power is off to the
blade.
Green Drive is online.
Green, blinking slowly Drive is rebuilding.
Green, blinking quickly Drive is being identified.
Amber Drive has failed or has an
error. See
"Troubleshooting Hard
Drives" on page 192.
Amber blinking slowly,
Green blinking slowly, then off
The drive has reported a
predictive failure event,
and should be replaced.
