Drive-StatusIndicator Pattern(RAID Only)ConditionBlinks green twotimes per secondIdentifying drive or preparing for removalOff Drive ready for insertion or removalNOTE: The drive status indicator remains off until all hard drives are initialized after thesystem is turned on. Drives are not ready for insertion or removal during this time.Blinks green, amber,and offPredicted drive failureBlinks amber fourtimes per secondDrive failedBlinks green slowly Drive rebuildingSteady green Drive onlineBlinks green threeseconds, amber threeseconds, and off sixsecondsRebuild abortedBack-Panel Features And IndicatorsFigure 5. Back-Panel Features and Indicators—8 Hard Drive System (2 PCIe Expansion Cards)Item Indicator, Button, orConnector Icon Description1 System identification button The identification buttons on the front and back panelscan be used to locate a particular system within a rack.When one of these buttons is pressed, the LCD panel onthe front and the system status indicator on the back blinkuntil one of the buttons is pressed again.Press to toggle the system ID on and off. If the systemstops responding during POST, press and hold the systemID button for more than five seconds to enter BIOSprogress mode.To reset iDRAC (if not disabled in F2 iDRAC setup) pressand hold for more than 15 seconds.2 System identificationconnectorAllows you to connect the optional system status indicatorassembly through the optional cable management arm.15
