Drive numbering, Drive led definitions – HP ProLiant DL360e Gen8 Server User Manual

Page 12

Advertising
background image

Component identification 12

administrators is to restart the system. Resetting the system erases any information which could support
problem analysis, but the NMI feature preserves that information by performing a memory dump before a

system reset.
To force the system to invoke the NMI handler and generate a crash dump log, do one of the following:

Use the iLO Virtual NMI feature.

Short the NMI header ("

System board components

" on page

9

).

For more information, see the HP website (

http://www.hp.com/support/NMI

).

Drive numbering

Four-bay LFF drive model

Eight-bay SFF drive model
When the two-port SATA cable is installed in the eight-bay drive cage ("

Two-port SATA cable option

"

on page

32

), the server supports the six-drive SATA configuration. In this configuration, drive bays 1

through 6 are populated, while drive bays 7 and 8 contain drive blanks.

Drive LED definitions

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.

Advertising