Dell PowerVault MD3820f - Manual (Page 237)

Locating A Physical Disk
You can physically locate and identify one or more of the physical disks in an expansion enclosure by
activating physical disk LEDs.
To locate the physical disk:
1. Select the Hardware tab.
2. Select the physical disks that you want to locate.
3. Select Hardware → Blink → Physical Disk.
The LEDs on the selected physical disks blink.
4. When you have located the physical disks, click OK.
The LEDs stop blinking. If any other blink operations (Blink Disk Group, Blink Storage Array, Blink
Physical Disk Ports, or Blink Expansion Enclosure) are currently being invoked from another storage
management station, these LEDs also stop blinking.
5. In the rare case that the LEDs on the physical disks do not stop blinking, in the AMW, select
Hardware → Blink → Stop All Indications.
If the LEDs successfully stop blinking, a confirmation message is displayed.
6. Click OK.
Locating An Expansion Enclosure
You can use the Blink option to physically locate and identify an expansion enclosure in the storage
array.
The LED activation varies according to the type of expansion enclosure that you have.
• If you have an expansion enclosure with a white LED, the Blink Expansion Enclosure operation causes
the white LED on the expansion enclosure to come on. The LED does not blink.
• If you have any other types of expansion enclosures, this operation causes the appropriate LED on all
of the physical disks in the expansion enclosure to blink.
To locate the expansion enclosure:
1. Select the Hardware tab.
2. Select a physical disk in the expansion enclosure that you want to locate.
3. Select Hardware → Blink → Expansion Enclosure.
The LED or LEDs on the expansion enclosure or physical disks come on.
4. When you have located the expansion enclosure, click OK.
The LEDs stop blinking. (If you have an expansion enclosure with a blue LED, the LED goes off). If any
other blink operations (Blink Storage Array, Blink Disk Group, Blink Physical Disk Ports, Blink
Expansion Enclosure, or Blink Physical Disk) are currently being invoked from another storage
management station, these LEDs also stop blinking.
5. If the LEDs on the expansion enclosure do not stop blinking, from the AMW, select Hardware →
Blink → Stop All Indications.
If the LEDs successfully stop blinking, a confirmation message is displayed.
6. Click OK.
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