Drobo5N2 User Guide 43
1.2.6
Understanding the Indicator Lights
Your Drobo 5N2 is equipped with various indicator lights which provide valuable information. Refer
to the image below.
Drive
Lights
Green: No action is required. All drives are healthy.
Solid Yellow: Add a drive or replace the current drive with a larger drive soon.
Your Drobo device is running out of disk space. See Adding Capacity (or Drives).
Blinking Yellow and Green: Do not remove these drives or power down. Your
Drobo device is working to protect your data.
Solid Red: Add a drive or replace the current drive with a larger drive
immediately. Your Drobo device is critically low on space. See Adding Capacity
(or Drives)
Blinking Red: Replace this drive immediately. This drive has failed. See Adding
Capacity (or Drives)
Power
Light
Green: The power is on and your Drobo device is ready.
Yellow: Your Drobo device is in the process of powering on. Drobo
automatically goes into Standby if your computer is in sleep mode or if your
computer is powered off.