Dell PowerEdge RAID Controller 5i User Manual
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Troubleshooting
Table 6-8 lists the critical and warning events, severity levels of the events, and audible codes.
NOTE:
If the PERC 5/E alarm was already beeping due to a previous failure and a new virtual disk is created on the
same controller, then the previous alarm will be silenced. This is expected behavior.
Table 6-8.
Audible Alarm Descriptions
Description
Severity
Audible Code
Controller alarm enabled
Normal
N/A
Virtual disk failed
Critical
3 seconds on, 1 second off
Virtual disk degraded
Warning
1 second on, 1 second off
Global hot spare failed
Warning
1 second on, 1 second off
Dedicated hot spare failed
Warning
1 second on, 1 second off
Physical disk failed
Critical
1 second on, 1 second off
Rebuild completed on physical disk
Normal
1 second on, 3 seconds off
Rebuild failed on physical disk
Warning
1 second on, 1 second off
Physical disk offline
Critical
1 second on, 1 second off
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