System component description
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EMC® VNX5300™ Hardware Information Guide
Control Station front
view
On the front, viewing from left to right, the Block and File VNX5300 platform Control 
Station includes the following:
◆ DVD-ROM drive
◆ USB 2.0 connector (not used)
◆ Control switch and status LEDs
Figure 6 shows the orientation of these components.
Figure 6 VNX5300 platform Control Station (front view)
Table 3 VNX5300 platform 3U, 25 DPE and disk drive status LEDs
LED Color State Description
DPE fault (location 2) Amber On Fault has occurred
DPE power (location 3) Blue On Powering and powered up
— Off Powered down
Disk drive fault (location 4) Amber On Fault has occurred
— Off No fault has occurred
Disk drive on/activity (location 5) Blue On Powering and powered up
Blinking Disk drive activity
1 DVD-ROM drive 3 USB 2.0 connector (not used)
2 Control Station switch and status LEDs (for a 
closer view, see Figure 7 on page 14)
DVD
1
2
3
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