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Drive procedures
Identifying the status of a legacy drive
Legacy drives are supported on ProLiant G7, and earlier, servers and server blades. Identify a legacy drive
by its carrier, shown in the following illustration.
When a drive is configured as a part of an array and connected to a powered-up controller, the drive LEDs
indicate the condition of the drive.
Item Description
1
Fault/UID LED (amber/blue)
2
Online LED (green)
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.