ItemItem LEDLED StateState DefinitionDefinition
1 Fault/Locate Solid amber This drive has failed, is unsupported, or is invalid.
Solid blue The drive is operating normally and being identified by a
management application.
Flashing amber/blue (1
flash per second)
The drive has failed, or a predictive failure alert has been received
for this drive. The drive has also been identified by a management
application.
Flashing amber (1 flash per
second)
A predictive failure alert has been received for this drive. Replace
the drive as soon as possible.
Off The drive is operating normally and not being identified by a
management application.
2 Online/Activity Solid green The drive is online and has no activity.
Flashing green (1 flash per
second)
The drive is doing one of the following:
Rebuilding or performing a RAID
Performing a stripe size migration
Performing a capacity expansion
Performing a logical drive extension
Erasing
Spare part activation
Flashing green (4 flashes
per second)
The drive is operating normally and has activity.
Off The drive is not configured by a RAID controller or is a spare drive.
EDSFF SSD LED definitionsEDSFF SSD LED definitions
This server supports hot-plug Enterprise and Data Center Standard Form Factor (EDSFF) drives. Specifically, E3.S PCIe5 NVMe SSDs. The
EDSFF drive carrier has two LEDs:
Amber/blue LED—Managed by the drive backplane in conjunction with the storage controller and is used to indicate drive status.
Green LED—Managed by the drive itself and indicates the drive activity.