HP Integrity rx1600 Operation and Maintenance Guide

Chapter 6
Troubleshooting
Verifying Hard Disk Drive Operation
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Verifying Hard Disk Drive Operation
Each hard disk drive has an activity LED indicator on the front of the drive.
NOTE On the hp Integrity rx1600 Server only the Activity LED is used. The Status LED is disconnected.
Figure 6-1 LED Apertures on Hard Disk Drive
Lightpipes on the disk drive transmit light to these apertures from LEDs on the inside rear of the hot-swap mass storage cage.
Verify that the LED shows the correct activity indication for all disk drives that you installed:
Step 1. Turn on power to the HP Server and display monitor.
Step 2. During the boot sequence, watch the Activity LED on each hard disk drive:
• Activity LED: The LED quickly cycles from amber to green. The LED stays steady green until the drive spins
up.
Step 3. If the activity LED were illuminated on any disk drives, the drive cage may not be correctly installed. Check
installation as follows:
Cannot boot to
operating system
(OS).
• Boot error
messages.
• System LED
blinking.
• OS prompt.
• OS boot messages.
• System LED on
steady green.
1. Check system event logs for
possible problem indication.
2. Run ODE diagnostics.
• Processor
• Hard disk drive
• Disk drive cage
backplane
• SCSI interface on
system board
• Corrupt OS
Table 6-1 Problem Symptoms Repair Actions (Continued)
Problem or
Symptom
Problem
Indicators
Normal
Functioning
Indicators
Troubleshooting Steps Potential FRUs
Activity
LED
Status LED
(not used)