Dell Storage MD1400 Enclosures Hardware Owner's Manual

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Hard disk drive indicator patterns


Hard disk drive- status indicator pattern (RAID Only)	Condition
Blinks green two times per second	Identify hard disk drive or preparing for removal
Off	Hard disk drive ready for insertion or removal NOTE: : The hard disk drive status indicator remains off until all hard disk drives are initialized after system power is turned on. Hard disk drives are not ready for insertion or removal during this time. The Dell PowerEdge RAID controller PERC H830 and 12Gb SAS HBA may take up to a minute to discover and initialize all the hard disk drives.
Blinks green, amber, and off	Hard disk drive predicted failure
Blinks amber four times per second	Hard disk drive failed
Blinks green slowly	Hard disk drive rebuilding
Steady green	Hard disk drive online
Blinks green for three seconds, amber for three seconds, and turns off in six seconds.	Rebuild aborted