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Online/activity
LED (green)
Fault/UID LED
(amber/blue)
Interpretation
Flashing regularly
(1 Hz)
Off
Do not remove the drive. Removing a drive may terminate the
current operation and cause data loss.
The drive is rebuilding, erasing, or it is part of an array that is
undergoing capacity expansion or stripe migration.
Flashing irregularly
Amber, flashing
regularly (1 Hz)
The drive is active, but a predictive failure alert has been received
for this drive. Replace the drive as soon as possible.
Flashing irregularly
Off The drive is active, and it is operating normally.
Off
Steadily amber A critical fault condition has been identified for this drive, and the
controller has placed it offline. Replace the drive as soon as
possible.
Off
Amber, flashing
regularly (1 Hz)
A predictive failure alert has been received for this drive. Replace
the drive as soon as possible.
Off
Off The drive is offline, a spare, or not configured as part of an array.
Identifying the status of an HP SmartDrive
HP SmartDrives are the latest HP drive technology, and they are supported beginning with ProLiant Gen8
servers and server blades. The HP SmartDrive is not supported on earlier generation servers and server
blades. Identify an HP SmartDrive 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 LED Status Definition
1
Locate Solid blue The drive is being identified by a host application.
Flashing blue The drive carrier firmware is being updated or requires an update.
2
Activity ring Rotating green Drive activity
Off No drive activity
3
Do not remove Solid white Do not remove the drive. Removing the drive causes one or more of
the logical drives to fail.
Off Removing the drive does not cause a logical drive to fail.
4
Drive status Solid green The drive is a member of one or more logical drives.
Flashing green
The drive is rebuilding or performing a RAID migration, stripe size
migration, capacity expansion, or logical drive extension, or is
erasing.