HP A7143A RAID160 SA Controller Support Guide, February 2007

Hard Drive Installation and Replacement
General Information About Hard Drive Failure
Appendix C
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There are other ways to recognize that a hard drive has failed:
Table C-1 Disk Drive Status from LED Illumination Pattern
(1)
Activity
(2)
Online
(3)
Fault
Meaning
On, Off, or
Flashing
On or
Off
Flashing A predictive failure alert has been received for
this disk drive. Replace the drive as soon as
possible.
On, Off, or
Flashing
On Off OK to replace the disk drive online if the array
is configured for fault tolerance and all other
drives in the array are online.
The disk drive is online and configured as part
of an array.
On Flashing Off Do not remove the disk drive. Removing a drive
during this process may terminate the current
operation and cause data loss.
The disk drive is rebuilding or undergoing
capacity expansion.
On Off Off Do not remove the disk drive. Removing a drive
during this process may cause data loss.
The disk drive is being accessed, but (1) it is not
configured as part of an array, or (2) it is a
replacement drive and rebuild has not yet
started.
On Flashing Flashing Do not remove the disk drive. Removing a drive
during this process can cause data loss in
non-fault-tolerant configurations.
Either (1) the drive is part of an array being
selected by saconfig, or (2) sautil is
upgrading the drive firmware.
Off Off On OK to replace the disk drive online. The drive
has failed and has been placed offline.
Off Off Off OK to replace the disk drive online if the array
is configured for fault tolerance and all other
drives in the array are online. Either (1) the
drive is not configured as part of an array; (2)
the drive is configured as part of an array, but a
powered-up controller is not accessing the
drive; or (3) the drive is configured as an online
spare.