NEC Promise SuperTrak EX8350 User Manual

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362. Indications of Disk Lamps on TraysDisk lamp Indication DescriptionOFF Does not access to HDD.GreenRapid blink Access to HDD now.ON during start Supplies power to HDD. Does not indicate that HDD is defected.ON during operation Indicates that HDD is defected or SATA cable is disconnected. If HDD isdefected, replace it with new one and perform rebuild process.AmberSlow blink Indicates that rebuild process is in progress.NoticeWithout accesses, the green lamp may blink frequently. This does not indicate theoccurrence of a failure.It is caused by routine monitoring accesses by ESMPRO or the disk array controller itselfor periodical accesses from OS. In addition, due to the nature of the disk array controller,the blinking period against a single access is rather long. Such accesses may causefrequent blinks to occur.Check Some servers cannot be connected with additional HDD cages or can only beconnected with different types of additional HDD cages. Contact your servicerepresentative for details. The amber lamp goes on every boot of the server. However, this does not indicatethe occurrence of a fault. Rebooting takes place with the lamp status at rebooting remaining unchanged.Disk lampTrayAdditional HDD cage