Locating a Drive by Blinking Its LED

If you use a supported enclosure with enclosure services, you may be able to easily identify the drives in a unit, or locate an individual drive, by causing the LEDs associated with the drives to blink.

You can issue the command to blink the LED through 3DM2 or 3BM.

For details about what the different LED patterns on the enclosure may mean, see Enclosure Drive LED Status Indicators.

To blink the LED for a drive through 3DM2

1	Do one of the following:

Choose Information >> Drive Information from the main menu in 3DM2. On the Drive Information page, identify the drive you want to physically locate.

Choose Monitor >> Enclosure from the main menu in 3DM2. On the list of enclosures, click the ID number of the enclosure. On the Enclosure Detail page, identify the drive you want to physically locate.

2	Check the box in the Identify column.

The LED on the enclosure begins blinking.

3	When you are finished working with the drive and no longer need to see the LED, return to this page and uncheck the Identify box.

To blink the LEDs for all drives in a unit

1	Choose Information >> Unit Information from the main menu in 3DM2.

2	On the Unit Information page, identify the unit you are interested in.

3	Check the box in the Identify column.

The LEDs for the drives in the selected unit begin blinking.

4	When you no longer need to see the LEDs, return to this page and uncheck the Identify box.

Related Topics: Checking Unit and Drive Status; Enclosure Drive LED Status Indicators; Unit Statuses; Drive Statuses; Viewing Alarms, Errors, and Other Events; Downloading an Error Log; Viewing SMART Data About a Drive; About Degraded Units