SAS/SATA drive components and LEDsSAS/SATA drive components and LEDs
ItemItem DescriptionDescription StatusStatus
1 Locate
Solid blue = The drive is being identified by a
host application.
Flashing blue = The drive carrier firmware is
being updated or requires an update.
2 Activity ring LED
Rotating green = Drive activity.
Off = No drive activity.
3 Do not remove LED
Solid white = Do not remove the drive.
Removing the drive causes one or more of the
logical drives to fail.
Off = Removing the drive does not cause a
logical drive to fail.
4 Drive status LED
Solid green = The drive is a member of one or
more logical drives.
Flashing green = The drive is rebuilding or
performing a RAID migration, strip size
migration, capacity expansion, or logical drive
extension, or is erasing.
Flashing amber/green = The drive is a member
of one or more logical drives and predicts the
drive will fail.
Flashing amber = The drive is not configured
and predicts the drive will fail.
Solid amber = The drive has failed.
Off = The drive is not configured by a RAID
controller.