Hi! > >>> [ok] [locate] failed rebuild pfa hotspare ica ifa invalid disabled > > > >So what does this do? Turns the LED on if driver is in "ok" or > >"locate" states? > > > > This would cause the system to somehow show the user that that this drive > (or drive slot) is the one that it wants a person to be able to physically > locate (possibly by flashing a blue LED on/near the drive), and also that > the drive is OK. It would presumably do that by lighting the LEDs on/near > the drive with certain colors and/or flashing patterns, though it could, in > theory, put "OK" in an LCD on the drive slot. How the states are displayed > to the user is beyond the scope of the specs. > > (The _DSM and NPEM specs provide for a way to control status LEDs on a drive > or drive slot. Typically drives will have 2 or 3 LEDs that are illuminated > in different colors or flashing patterns to indicate various states (like > those listed in IBPI / SFF-8489), though the _DSM / NPEM specs do not > specify how the states are displayed.) Well, LED subsystem expects to know how many LEDs are there and what the LEDs are, and expects individual control over them. "2 or 3 LEDs with unknown patterns", or LCD display is outside of scope of LED subsystem, so this should be independend. Best regards, Pavel -- http://www.livejournal.com/~pavelmachek
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