HP Smart Array B140i User Manual

Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives 15
Replacing, moving, or adding hard drives
Drive LEDs
Dynamic Smart Array RAID controllers support drive LED illumination only on systems with backplane
support for drive LEDs.
In addition, Dynamic Smart Array RAID controllers support HPE Smart Carrier LED illumination. However,
LED functionality is provided only if the drives are authenticated through Smart Carrier.
Item
LED
Status
Definition
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
Rotating green
Drive activity
Off
No drive activity
3
Do not remove
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
Solid green
The drive is a member of one or more logical drives.
Flashing green
The drive is rebuilding 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.
Recognizing drive failure
If any of the following occurs, the drive has failed:
• The drive status LED illuminates amber.
• When failed drives are located inside the server or storage system and the drive LEDs are not
visible, the Health LED on the front of the server or server blade illuminates. This LED also

HP Smart Array B140i Specifications

General

Brand	HP
Model	Smart Array B140i
Category	Computer Hardware
Language	English