Your organization's file server uses a hardware RAID-5 array with HPE SmartDrives. While performing routine rounds in the data center you notice that the drive-status LED on bay 3 is blinking amber and the activity ring is flashing irregularly green. The iLO management log simultaneously records the message "Predictive Failure: Port 3I Box 1 Bay 3." All virtual disks remain online and writable.
Based on the fault and device indications, which response best follows vendor recommendations to protect data availability?
Clear the controller log and continue operating because the array is still fault-tolerant.
Move the suspect drive to another bay and force the controller to rebuild it.
Disable the drive's fault LED in the RAID utility and replace the disk after a second failure.
Perform an immediate hot-swap of the disk in bay 3 with a compatible spare drive.
HPE documentation states that a drive whose status LED is blinking amber-especially when accompanied by a predictive-failure SMART message-has been marked by the RAID controller as likely to fail soon. Vendor guidance is to replace that specific drive as soon as possible via the hot-swap procedure so the array can rebuild before an unplanned outage occurs. Simply clearing logs or hiding LEDs does not remove the imminent risk, relocating the drive may trigger an immediate hard failure, and waiting for an additional drive to fail would put the RAID-5 set at high risk of total data loss.
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