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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 3DM 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 3DM
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Choose Information > Drive Information from the main menu in 3DM. On the Drive Information page, identify the drive you want to physically locate.
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Choose Monitor > Enclosure from the main menu in 3DM. 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.
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Check the box in the Identify column.
The LED on the enclosure begins blinking.
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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 LED for a drive through 3BM
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On the main 3BM screen, Tab to Information and press Enter.
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On the pop-up menu, select Drives and press Enter.
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Press F4.
The LED on the enclosure begins blinking. (Note that this feature is only available for drives in enclosures.)
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When you are finished working with the drive and no longer need to see the LED, return to this page and press F4 again to halt the blinking.
To blink the LEDs for all drives in a unit
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Choose Information > Unit Information from the main menu in 3DM.
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Check the box in the Identify column.
The LEDs for the drives in the selected unit begin blinking.
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