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Front Panel

The C800's front panel appears as follows:

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The front panel's interior contains the following elements:

Element

Description

Disk Tray 1-8

Eight disk trays for installing hard drives.

Tray Open Button

Each disk tray has a Tray Open Button, which serves the following purposes:

  • Indicates whether the disk tray is locked. When the button's groove is horizontal, the disk tray is locked. When it is vertical, the disk tray is open.
  • Enables you to lock/unlock the disk tray, by using one of the disk tray keys to turn the button until its groove is horizontal/vertical.
  • Enables you to open the disk tray. Upon pressing the button, the outer panel of the disk tray (visible in the preceding diagram) becomes a lever that can be used to pull the disk tray out of the appliance.

HDD Status Indicators

 

Each disk tray has two LEDs that indicate its status:

LED

State

Explanation

Upper LED

Blinking (Blue)

Disk activity

Lower LED

On (Green)

OK

 

On (Red)

Disk failure

 

Blinking (Red)

RAID array failure

Power LED

 

A LED indicating whether the system is operational:

State

Explanation

On (Green)

The system is operational.

Off

The system is not operational.

Power Switch

A switch used for turning the appliance on and off and resetting it.

The switch is covered by a clear plastic cover that must be lifted in order to access it.

Fan 1 LED / Fan 2 LED

 

A LED for each fan, indicating whether the fan has failed:

State

Explanation

On (Red)

The fan has failed.

Off

The fan is operational.

See Also

Package Contents

Rear Panel

Technical Specifications

Requirements

Installing the CTERA C800

Installing a SATA Hard Drive in the CTERA C800

Removing a SATA Hard Drive from the CTERA C800

Connecting USB Drives

Hot Swapping Power Supplies

Muting the Power Supply Alarm