02 April 2010

Maxtor Shared Storage II - LED Codes

I just want to write this for future reference, since the relevant link on the Seagate support website has already changed a couple of times and I don't want to keep wasting time looking for it next time it changes.
Back Panel LED Codes

LED Definition Status
Power LED

(located in center of the power button)
Power Switch Illuminated

   - Power On
Not Illuminated
   - Power Off
Ethernet LED

(located on bottom side of Ethernet connector)
Shows if the drive is connected through a 10/100 or a 1 Gb Ethernet connection.
Left Green
   - 10/100 Mbps Ethernet connectivity
Left Amber
   - 1 Gbps Ethernet connectivity
Illuminated

   - Power On
Blinking
   - Network communication is occurring
Not Illuminated
   - Power Off
Activity LED

(located on top side of Ethernet connector)
A flashing Activity LED indicates that the network connection is functional and that packets are being transmitted or received.
Front Panel LED Codes

LED Definition Status
Top Power Activity Illuminated

   - Power On Blinking

   - Drive is either powering up or shutting down
Not Illuminated
   - Power Off
Center Hard Disk Activity Illuminated

   - Power On Blinking

   - Data is being transferred to/from the drive
Not Illuminated
   - Power Off
Bottom Network Activity Illuminated

   - Power On Blinking

   - Network communication is occurring
Not Illuminated
   - Power Off
Front Panel LED Error Codes

Green LED - Number of Blinks Amber LED - Number of Blinks Status
1 4 /share file system error
1 3 Boot Error - Attempting to boot from disk 0
2 3 Boot Error - Attempting to boot from disk 1
1 2 HDD S.M.A.R.T. Error - Attempting to boot from disk 0
2 2 HDD S.M.A.R.T. Error - Attempting to boot from disk 1
1 1 RAID Error

2 comments:

Arjun Reddy said...

Thanks Man.

Unknown said...

Thanks a lot!