Operation Manual

NETGEAR ReadyNAS 104
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ReadyNAS OS 6 Desktop Storage Systems
Status Information
You can obtain information about the status of your storage system by reviewing the
indicators listed in the following table.
Table 2. ReadyNAS 104 indicator descriptions
Indicator Description
Power button and LED Press this button to turn on the ReadyNAS. The LED has these states:
• On. Powered on.
• Blinking. Booting or shutting down.
• Off. Powered of
f.
Disk LEDs (1, 2, 3, 4) Each drive bay has an LED associated with it, in numerical order from left to right,
along the top of the front panel of the storage system.
The disk LEDs have 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 activity LED The disk activity LED has these states:
• On. At
least one disk is present.
• Binking. A
disk is active.
• Off. No disks are present.
Rear panel Ethernet port
LEDs
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.
Status display screen 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.