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Array Behavior When a Drive Fails, LEDs on 3.5-inch Drives, Table 4: Drive LED States

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PS6210 Hardware Owner's Manual Figure 8: LEDs on 3.5-inch Drives 2 Maintaining Drives Figure 9: LEDs on 2.5-inch Drives Table 4: Drive LED States Description Indicator States Drive activity indicator (ACT LED) Blinking green: Drive is busy Steady green: No drive activity Off: Drive is a spare, and spun down Drive status indicator (PWR LED) Green: Drive OK Amber: Drive failed Off: No power to drive Array Behavior When a Drive Fails In firmware version 7.0 and higher (and also in versions 5.2.5, 6.0.1 and higher) Dell implemented a copy-to-spare operation to replace failing drives. This operation can, in many cases, improve the performance of the drive replacement process by avoiding a full RAID rebuild and as a result can provide better reliability. If a drive fails, replace it. Do not reinstall it in the array. 8

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Figure 8: LEDs on 3.5-inch Drives
Figure 9: LEDs on 2.5-inch Drives
Table 4: Drive LED States
Description
Indicator States
Drive activity indicator (ACT LED)
Blinking green: Drive is busy
Steady green: No drive activity
Off: Drive is a spare, and spun down
Drive status indicator (PWR LED)
Green: Drive OK
Amber: Drive failed
Off: No power to drive
Array Behavior When a Drive Fails
In firmware version 7.0 and higher (and also in versions 5.2.5, 6.0.1 and higher) Dell implemented a
copy-to-spare operation to replace failing drives. This operation can, in many cases, improve the
performance of the drive replacement process by avoiding a full RAID rebuild and as a result can
provide better reliability.
If a drive fails, replace it. Do not reinstall it in the array.
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