Filter
Top Products
SRPL8 Server System Product Guide 87
Determining Drive Status
Status LEDs arranged in sets of three below each of the two hot-swapping bays monitor the status
of each drive. When a yellow LED is on continuously, it is okay to hot-swap (remove and replace)
a bad drive with a good one. You DO NOT need to shut down the server to hot-swap a drive.
Table 13. SCSI Drive Status LED Descriptions
SCSI drive present,
power on
Green LED, A
SCSI drive
active
Green LED, B
SCSI drive
faulty*
Yellow LED, C Description and action if needed
On Off Off
Drive is present with power.
On Blinking Off
Drive is present with power and is being
accessed.
Off Off On
Drive CAN be replaced. Steady yellow fault
light indicates drive has a problem. Power to
drive is off.
On Off Slow blinking
Drive SHOULD NOT be replaced at this time.
A slowly blinking yellow fault light indicates that
a drive that has just been replaced is in
recovery mode (drive array being rebuilt).
Power to drive is on.
Off Off Off
There is no drive installed in the bay.
* The hot-swap controller is responsible for turning the yellow drive fault LED on or off according to the states specified
by commands received via SAF-TE and IMB.
1. Look at the yellow LEDs below the hot-swapping bays to determine which drive is bad.
2. Push on the drive carrier latch of the bad drive, and while grasping the handle, pull the
assembly toward you to disengage the drive from the backplane connector.
3. Before moving the drive any further, wait 30 seconds. This elapsed time allows the drive
platter to stop rotating.
4. Carefully slide the assembly out of the bay, and place it on an antistatic surface.
5. Orient the new carrier and drive assembly in front of the hot-swapping bay guide rails so that
the metal fingers of the perforated metal bracket attached to the carrier are facing up. Make
sure you correctly place the carrier into the guide rails to avoid damage.
6. While grasping only the drive carrier handle, firmly push the assembly into the bay until the
driver carrier latches.
CAUTION
Do not press on the perforated metal bracket of the carrier when you push
the assembly into the bay. Otherwise you may damage the metal fingers of
the bracket.