86 EMC VNX8000 Hardware Information Guide
Disk-array enclosures
Table 36 describes the VNX8000 platform DAE and the 3.5-inch disk drive status LEDs
Rear view
On the rear, viewing from top to bottom, a 3U, 15 (2.5- or 3.5-inch) disk drive DAE
includes the following components:
◆ Two 6-Gb/s SAS LCCs (A and B)
◆ Two power supply/cooling modules
Figure 68 on page 87 shows an example of the rear view of a 3U, 15 (3.5-inch) disk drive
DAE.
Table 36 3U, 15 (3.5-inch) DAE and disk drive LEDs
LED Color State Description
DAE fault (see location 2) Amber On Fault has occurred
DAE power (see location 3) Green On Powering and powered up with
backend bus running at 2 Gb/s
Blue On Powering and powered up with
backend bus running at 6 Gb/s
— Off Powered down
Disk drive fault
(see location 4)
Amber On Fault has occurred
— Off No fault has occurred
Disk drive on/activity
(see location 5)
Green On Powering and powered up
Blinking, mostly
on
Disk drive is on with I/O activity
Blinking at
constant rate
Disk drive is spinning up or down
normally
Blinking, mostly
off
Disk drive is powered up but not
spinning
Note: This is a normal part of the
spin-up sequence, occurring
during the spin-up delay of a
slot.
— Off Disk is powered down