Deployment Guide
Item Name Icon Description
2 Power LED The power LED lights when at least one power supply unit is supplying power
to the expansion enclosure.
3 Expansion enclosure status
LED
The expansion enclosure status LED lights when the expansion enclosure
power is on.
• Solid blue during normal operation.
• Blinks blue when a host server is identifying the expansion enclosure or
when the system identification button is pressed.
• Blinks amber or remains solid amber for a few seconds and then turns off
when the EMMs are starting or resetting.
• Blinks amber for an extended time when the expansion enclosure is in a
warning state.
• Remains solid amber when the expansion enclosure is in the fault state.
4 Hard disk drives
• SCv300 – Up to 12 3.5-inch SAS hot-swappable hard disk drives.
• SCv320 – Up to 24 2.5-inch SAS hot-swappable hard disk drives.
SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosure Drives
Dell Enterprise Plus Value drives are the only drives that can be installed in SCv300 and SCv320 expansion enclosures. If a non-Dell
Enterprise Plus Valuedrive is installed, the Storage Center prevents the drive from being managed.
The drives in an SCv300 expansion enclosure are installed horizontally.
Figure 15. SCv300 Expansion Enclosure Drive Indicators
The drives in an SCv320 expansion enclosure are installed vertically.
Figure 16. SCv320 Expansion Enclosure Drive Indicators
Item
Name Indicator Code
1 Drive activity indicator
• Blinking green – Drive activity
• Steady green – Drive is detected and has no faults
2 Drive status indicator
• Steady green – Normal operation
• Blinking green (on 1 sec. / off 1 sec.) – Drive identification is enabled
• Steady amber – Drive is safe to remove
• Off – No power to the drive
SCv300 and SCv320 Expansion Enclosure Drive Numbering
The Storage Center identifies drives as XX-YY, where XX is the unit ID of the expansion enclosure that contains the drive, and YY is the
drive position inside the
expansion enclosure.
The SCv300 holds up to 12 drives, which are numbered from left to right in rows starting from 0.
About the SCv3000 and SCv3020 Storage System
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