# no light on drive... **URL:** \ **Category:** Chatting over the Back Fence\ **Created:** [April 18, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-light-on-drive/23869 "2013-04-18T20:03:15Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![System1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/51bf81/32.png) [@System1](https://forums.suse.com/u/System1)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 8:03pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-light-on-drive/23869/1 "2013-04-18T20:03:15Z")
I have an HP DL380 G5. Originally only had 4 drives in it. I just installed 8 new drives. Drive in bay 7 does not show a green light after creating the array. I thought I had a bad drive, so I put a different one in but it has the same problem. The drive is listed as ok in the array config utility, but this really bothers me. Out of warranty, so I probably can’t get much help from HP and I can’t find any info about this on their website. Any suggestions? Ken ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 9:44pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-light-on-drive/23869/2 "2013-04-18T21:44:48Z")
Hey KeN Etter, [color=blue] > Any suggestions?[/color] [http://www.555-timer-circuits.com/flashing-led.html](http://www.555-timer-circuits.com/flashing-led.html) That should solve the LED problem. – Kim - 4/18/2013 12:44:19 PM ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 10:36pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-light-on-drive/23869/3 "2013-04-18T22:36:52Z")
On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 18:44:48 GMT, “kgroneman” [kgroneman@novell.com](mailto:kgroneman@novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > Hey KeN Etter, > [color=green] > > > Any suggestions?[/color] > > [http://www.555-timer-circuits.com/flashing-led.html](http://www.555-timer-circuits.com/flashing-led.html) > > That should solve the LED problem.[/color] Thanks Kim. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 10:38pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-light-on-drive/23869/4 "2013-04-18T22:38:53Z")
On 18.04.2013 19:03, KeN Etter wrote:[color=blue] > I have an HP DL380 G5. Originally only had 4 drives in it. I just > installed 8 new drives. Drive in bay 7 does not show a green light > after creating the array.[/color] You sure it’s not a spare? (Yes, asking the obvious, but…) ## CU, Massimo Rosen Novell Knowledge Partner No emails please! [http://www.cfc-it.de](http://www.cfc-it.de) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 11:03pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-light-on-drive/23869/5 "2013-04-18T23:03:37Z")
On Thu, 18 Apr 2013 19:38:53 GMT, Massimo Rosen [mrosenNO@SPAMcfc-it.de](mailto:mrosenNO@SPAMcfc-it.de) wrote: [color=blue] > On 18.04.2013 19:03, KeN Etter wrote:[color=green] > > > I have an HP DL380 G5. Originally only had 4 drives in it. I just > > installed 8 new drives. Drive in bay 7 does not show a green light > > after creating the array.[/color] > > You sure it’s not a spare? (Yes, asking the obvious, but…)[/color] Absolutely. I recreated the array a few times just to make sure. Somebody on the HP forums just suggested that it might be the drive cage back plane. I have one of those on order now. Ken ---
**Author:** ![kgroneman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/f1d935/32.png) [@kgroneman](https://forums.suse.com/u/kgroneman)\ **Post date:** [April 18, 2013, 11:44pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-light-on-drive/23869/6 "2013-04-18T23:44:41Z")
Hey KeN Etter, [color=blue] > Thanks Kim.[/color] Any time Ken. – Kim - 4/18/2013 2:44:30 PM ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-light-on-drive/23869/7 "2013-04-24T22:26:01Z")
I was thinking a LED flashlight ## – Sewermonger Sewermonger’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=63](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=63) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=465905](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=465905) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2013, 10:26pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-light-on-drive/23869/8 "2013-04-24T22:26:01Z")
Might take awhile. The air traffic controllers are taking a very long time to get airplanes in the air and on the ground here in the US. Sequestration is being blamed. I blame something else that rhymes with ID 10 T’s ## – Sewermonger Sewermonger’s Profile: [http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=63](http://forums.novell.com/member.php?userid=63) View this thread: [http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=465905](http://forums.novell.com/showthread.php?t=465905) ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [April 25, 2013, 3:23pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-light-on-drive/23869/9 "2013-04-25T15:23:08Z")
On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:26:01 GMT, Sewermonger [Sewermonger@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:Sewermonger@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > Might take awhile. The air traffic controllers are taking a very long > time to get airplanes in the air and on the ground here in the US. > Sequestration is being blamed. I blame something else that rhymes with > ID 10 T’s[/color] The back plane actually arrived the next day. Swapped it out and problem resolved. And maybe the government should learn how to make do with less money and let us keep more of ours. Such a novel concept. …but I better not go further than that in here…don’t want Susan on my case for pushing the rules. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 5:28pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-light-on-drive/23869/10 "2013-05-23T17:28:41Z")
How hard was it to replace the backplane? I have a DL385 G2 with the same issue, except on two drives (slots 0 and 1). [color=blue][color=green][color=darkred] > > > KeN Etter[ketter@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:ketter@no-mx.forums.novell.com) 4/25/2013 8:23 AM \>\>\> > > > [/color][/color][/color] > > > On Wed, 24 Apr 2013 19:26:01 GMT, Sewermonger > > > [Sewermonger@no-mx.forums.novell.com](mailto:Sewermonger@no-mx.forums.novell.com) wrote: [color=blue] > Might take awhile. The air traffic controllers are taking a very long > time to get airplanes in the air and on the ground here in the US. > Sequestration is being blamed. I blame something else that rhymes with > ID 10 T’s > [/color] The back plane actually arrived the next day. Swapped it out and problem resolved. And maybe the government should learn how to make do with less money and let us keep more of ours. Such a novel concept. …but I better not go further than that in here…don’t want Susan on my case for pushing the rules. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 23, 2013, 5:44pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-light-on-drive/23869/11 "2013-05-23T17:44:46Z")
On Thu, 23 May 2013 14:28:41 GMT, Chris \ wrote: [color=blue] > How hard was it to replace the backplane? I have a DL385 G2 with the same issue, except on two drives (slots 0 and 1).[/color] Not hard at all. Shut down the server, pull the drives (make sure to maintain the correct order if you have anything currently loaded on them), swap the backplane (I don’t think I had to use any tools for that), put the drives back in, power up. I was getting ready to repurpose the server - it had nothing installed on it - so I didn’t have to worry about drive order. Maintaining drive order would be the only real critical item. Ken ---
**Author:** ![system](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/suse/original/2X/5/5012ba89e3ffb5220dac47d5ea0ba032e2fe1cb6.png) [@system](https://forums.suse.com/u/system)\ **Post date:** [May 24, 2013, 5:47pm UTC](https://forums.suse.com/t/no-light-on-drive/23869/12 "2013-05-24T17:47:14Z")
Chris, Did you change employers? I was thinking you worked for a construction company. Ken