Western Digital WD ShareSpace User Manual

OVERVIEW - 9

WD SHARESPACE

USER MANUAL

The LED (light-emitting diode) indicators on the device provide information about the 
status of the system, its hard drives, and network connection. The LEDs on the 
system indicate the following:

Power

 

Green

Steady

System is powered up (connected to the power supply and turned on) and 
ready for use.

Off

System is not powered on

Flashing

• System is booting

• System is restoring to factory default

• System is configuring RAID

• User volume is not available

Hard drives

Green

Random 
flashing

Hard drive is in use

Steady

• Hard drive is ready for use

• Hard drive is installed

Amber

Steady

• Hard drive error

Green/
Amber

Flashing

• System detects a foreign hard drive with pre-existing data

Green/
Amber

Off

• Hard drive is not present

• Hard drive is not properly installed

Ethernet 

(front)

Green

On

Network link is detected

Off

No network connection

Flashing

Transmit or receive activity

System 
identification
/error

Blue

On

System identification is active

Off

System identification is disabled

Red

Flashing

Critical condition

USB backup  Green

Steady

• A USB storage device is connected to the front USB port

• RAID system is rebuilding

• Restoring configuration settings

• System initialize operation in progress

Flashing

• One flash per second—system is formatting a USB drive

• One flash per second (backup)—USB device to WD ShareSpace

• Two flashes per second (backup)—WD ShareSpace to USB device

Off

• System initialize operation completed

Ethernet 

(rear)

Orange

Flashing

• Network is connecting 

• Link  activity

Green

Steady

Network is connected

Flashing

Network connection is active