Operation Manual

Status Information
You can obtain information about the status of your storage system by reviewing the indicators listed in the
following table.
Table 12. Indicator descriptions ReadyNAS 426
DescriptionIndicator
Displays messages about the status of your storage system. Note that the status
display screen goes to sleep to prevent burn-in. To wake the status display screen,
press any button on the front panel. If the storage system reports an abnormal
operation or error, the status display screen stays on.
Front panel status display
screen
A disk LED next to each drive bay indicates the status of the disk inside.The disk
LEDs indicate these states:
• Solid blue. Power is on and the disk is operating normally.
• Blinking blue. The disk is active.
• Solid red.The disk was removed, failed, or is resynchronizing. See the display
screen for details.
• Off. No disk is present.
Drive bay disk LEDs
Two LED status indicators are built into each 1G Ethernet port. One LED is a bicolor
LED that can light solid amber or solid green and indicates the port speed.The other
LED is green and indicates the link (solid green) and activity (blinking green).These
LEDs indicate port speed and activity as follows:
• Bicolor LED green, green LED solid. 1 Gbps connection speed, no activity.
• Bicolor LED green, green LED blinking. 1 Gbps connection speed, activity.
• Bicolor LED amber, green LED solid. 100 Mbps connection speed, no activity.
• Bicolor LED off, green LED off. Either no connection or 10 Mbps connection
without activity.
• Bicolor LED off, green LED blinking. 10 Mbps connection, activity.
Rear panel 1G Ethernet LAN
port LEDs
Power On and Shut Down
This section describes how to power on and shut down your system. If you must shut down the system, use
one of the preferred shutdown methods whenever possible.
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