Dell EMC PowerVault ME484 - Drawer and Fan Cooling Module LEDs

Fault LED (Amber) Status/description*
Off Storage system: Initializing
Off Storage system: Fault-tolerant
Off Storage system: Degraded (non-critical)
Blinking: 3 s on/1 s off Storage system: Degraded (critical)
Off Storage system: Quarantined
Blinking: 3 s on/1 s off Storage system: Offline (dequarantined)
Off Storage system: Reconstruction
Off Processing I/O (whether from host or internal activity)
*If multiple conditions occur simultaneously, the LED behaves according to the conditions that are listed in this table. The LED states
occur in the order that is displayed in the table from top to bottom.
Each DDIC has a single Drive Fault LED. A disk drive fault is indicated when the Drive Fault LED is lit amber. In the event of a disk drive
failure, follow the procedure in the ME484 JBOD Storage System Owner’s Manual to replace the DDIC.
Drawer LEDs
See the ME484 JBOD Storage System Owner’s Manual for a visual description of the LEDs on each drawer bezel.
Table 4. Drawer LED descriptions
LED Status/description
Sideplane
OK/Power
Good
Green if the sideplane card is working and there are no power problems.
Drawer Fault Amber if a drawer component has failed. If the failed component is a disk, the LED on the failed DDIC lights amber.
Follow the procedure in the ME484 JBOD Storage System Owner’s Manual to replace the DDIC. If the disks are OK,
contact your service provider to identify the cause of the failure, and resolve the problem.
Logical Fault Amber (solid) indicates a disk fault. Amber (blinking) indicates that one or more storage systems are in an impacted
state.
Cable Fault Amber indicates the cabling between the drawer and the back of the enclosure has failed. Contact your service provider
to resolve the problem.
Activity Bar
Graph
Displays the amount of data I/O from zero segments lit (no I/O) to all six segments lit (maximum I/O).
Fan cooling module LEDs
See the ME484 JBODStorage System Owner’s Manual for a visual description of the LEDs on each Fan Cooling Module (FCM).
Table 5. FCM LED descriptions
LED Status/description
Module OK Constant green indicates that the FCM is working correctly. Off indicates that the fan module has failed. Follow the
procedure in ME484 JBOD Storage System Owner’s Manual to replace the fan controller module.
Fan Fault Amber indicates the fan module has failed. Follow the procedure in ME484 JBOD Storage System Owner’s Manual to
replace the fan controller module.
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