[CentOS] [HW] Do the HDD cages in rack mount chassis indicate visual/audio HDD failure?

[John R Pierce]

On 10/11/11 12:11 AM, Arun Khan wrote:
> In rack mount chassis, do the cages that house the
> hard disks have the following feature?
>
> (a) Indicate disk failure. LED lights up and/or audio alarm?

that requires specific configuration to suit whatever drive interconnect 
you have.


> (b) The failed HDD can be swapped.

If they are in hotswap bays, yes.  if they aren't, no.

they have 2U servers with as many as 25 2.5" SAS bays now.


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