HP Smart Array 6400 Series Controllers for Integrity Servers User Guide

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 22
Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives
In this section
Identifying the status of a hard drive......................................................................................................... 22
Recognizing hard drive failure................................................................................................................. 23
Replacing hard drives............................................................................................................................. 24
Moving drives and arrays ....................................................................................................................... 27
Adding drives........................................................................................................................................ 28
Identifying the status of a hard drive
When a drive is configured as a part of an array and connected to a powered-up controller, the condition
of the drive can be determined from the illumination pattern of the hard drive status lights (LEDs). The table
("Hot-plug SCSI hard drive LED combinations" on page 22) describes the meanings of the different
illumination patterns.
Hot-plug SCSI hard drive LED combinations
Activity
LED (1)
Online LED
(2)
Fault LED
(3)
Interpretation
On, off, or
flashing
On or off Flashing A predictive failure alert has been received for this drive.
Replace the drive as soon as possible.
On, off, or
flashing
On Off The drive is online and is configured as part of an array.
If the array is configured for fault tolerance and all other drives in the
array are online, and a predictive failure alert is received or a drive
capacity upgrade is in progress, you may replace the drive online.