What is indicated when the Mid-Bay hard drive LED indicator is solid amber?

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Options

• AHard Drive has been removed.
• BHard Drive temperature is normal.
• CHard Drive has lost connectivity with the PERC.
• DHard Drive has entered a predictive failure status.

• B
  6% (1)
• C
  94% (17)

Explanation

A solid amber LED on a Mid-Bay hard drive indicator signals that the drive has lost connectivity with the PERC (PowerEdge RAID Controller), meaning the RAID controller can no longer communicate with that drive - a critical hardware/connectivity fault requiring immediate attention.

Why the distractors are wrong:

• A is incorrect because a removed drive typically triggers a different state (often no LED or a specific blink pattern, not solid amber).
• B is incorrect because normal temperature would show no fault indication at all - amber always signals a problem, not a healthy status.
• D is incorrect because predictive failure is usually indicated by a blinking amber pattern, not solid amber; solid means connectivity loss, not a degrading-but-still-connected drive.

Memory tip: Think "solid = severed" - a solid amber light means the connection to the PERC has been completely cut off. If it were blinking, think "blinking = barely hanging on" (predictive failure). The steady, unblinking amber means the controller has lost the drive entirely.

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