NETGEAR ReadyNAS 3100

6 | Chapter 1: Getting Started
ReadyNAS 3100 Hardware Manual
Control Panel, Status Displays, Ports, and Drive Bays
This section introduces the ReadyNAS 3100 control panel, status display, ports, and disk
bays.
Front Panel
1. Four drive bays with hot-pluggable disk trays with two status lights per disk.
2. USB Port
3. Control panel
• Power and Reset buttons
• Power, LAN, disk, and fan status lights
4. Status lights
• Green: Disk present and activity light
• Amber or off: Disk failure light
Disk Tray, Release, and Tray Handle
The disk tray features a push switch that releases the pop-out tray handle.
WARNING!
Regardless of the number of hard drives installed, all drive trays
must remain in the drive bays to maintain proper airflow.
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Disk tray
handle
Disk tray release
push switch