EMC VNX5500 - Page 15

System component description
VNX5500 Hardware Information Guide 15
3U, 25 (2.5-inch) DPE
On the front, the Block and File (Unified) VNX5500 platform 3U, 25 (2.5-inch) disk drive
DPE includes the following:
◆ 2.5-inch 6-Gb/s SAS or 6-Gb/s NL-SAS drives (hot-swappable)
◆ Status LEDs
Figure 5 shows the location of these components.
Figure 5 VNX5500 platform 3U, 25 DPE carrier (front view)
Disk drive on/activity
(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
Table 2 VNX5500 platform 3U, 15 DPE and disk drive LEDs (continued)
LED Color State Description
1 2.5-inch 6-Gb/s SAS or 6-Gb/s NL-SAS
drives
4 Disk drive fault LED (amber)
2 DPE fault LED (amber) 5 Disk drive status/activity (blue)
3 DPE power status LED (blue)
24
0
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0
1
2
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