Product specifications

Working with Media Drives

Identifying Failed Media Drives (4-Channel Models)

This topic contains information on how to identify that your AirSpeed 5000 four (4) channel

model server has one or more failed media drives.

For a list of media drive LED meanings, see “AirSpeed 5000 Front Panel” in the AirSpeed 5000

Setup Guide.

To identify failed media drives:

1. Determine if you have a failed media drive by doing the following:

a. View the Drive status in the Health Monitor. On your AirSpeed 5000 server, select Start

> All Programs > Avid > Avid Framework > Avid Health Monitor. Then, select

Avid AirSpeed 5000 - Integration Service (for the AirSpeed 5000 server). In the Base

Board category, the Media Drive RAID Status field would have a RED X, and would

say “STATE_DEGRADED”.

b. View the LEDs on the front of the AirSpeed 5000 server. A solid red LED on the front

of the drive indicates that the media drive has failed. If it’s flashing RED, the drive could

be rebuilding the data. However, if it is solid RED, you need to replace that media drive.

In the event of a failed media drive, it is very important that you replace the failed media

drive as soon as possible.

2. Note which drive(s) are failed. If two drives have failed, you must determine whether the

two failed drives are on the same span (Span: 0, or Span:1).

t If you have determined that there is only one failed media drive, you must remove and

replace the media drive(s) in the AirSpeed 5000 chassis.

For more information, see “Removing and Replacing Media Drives (4-Channel

Models)” on page 79.

t If you have determined that there is more than one failed media drive, and they are on

different spans (e.g., one failed drive on Span: 0, and one failed drive on Span: 1), you

must remove and replace the media drive(s) in the AirSpeed 5000 chassis.

For more information, see “Removing and Replacing Media Drives (4-Channel

Models)” on page 79.

t If you have determined that there are two or more failed media drives, and they are on

the same span (two failed drives on Span: 0, or Span: 1), you will lose your media, and

need to re-RAID all of your media drives from scratch. For more information on how to

do that, see “Re-RAIDing Media Drives from Scratch (4-Channel Model Servers)” on

page 84.