Operation Manual

Table 8. ReadyNAS 314 indicator descriptions
DescriptionIndicator
Press this button to turn on the ReadyNAS. The LED indicates these states:
• On. Powered on.
• Blinking. Booting or shutting down.
• Off. Powered off.
Power button and LED
An LED on the top of the front panel is associated with each drive bay. LEDs are in
numerical order from left to right. The disk LEDs indicate these states:
• On. Power is on and the disk is operating normally.
• Blinking. The disk was removed, failed, or is resynchronizing. See the display
screen for details.
• Off. The drive bay is empty.
Disk LEDs (1, 2, 3, 4)
The disk activity LED has these states:
• On. At least one disk is present.
• Blinking. A disk is active.
• Off. All disks are idle.
Disk activity LED
Two LED status indicators are built into this port, one green and one amber. They
indicate port speed and activity as follows:
• Green on, amber off. 1000 Mbps connection speed, no activity.
• Green blinking, amber off. 1000 Mbps connection speed, activity.
• Green off, amber on. 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps connection speed, no activity.
• Green off, amber blinking. 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps connection speed, activity.
• Green off, amber off. No connection.
Rear panel Ethernet port
LEDs
Displays messages about the status of your storage system. Note that the status
display screen goes to sleep to prevent burn-in. To wake it, press the Power button
once. If the storage system reports an abnormal operation or error, the status display
screen stays on.
Status display screen
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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