Replacing hot-swap hard disk drives, Replacing, Hot-swap – IBM Partner Pavilion DS4100 User Manual

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b.

Pull

the

handle

on

the

tray

out

so

that

it

is

in

the

open

position,

as

shown

in

Tray handle

Tray latch

f10ug049

c.

Slide

the

drive

CRU

into

the

empty

bay

until

the

hinge

of

the

tray

handle

latches

beneath

the

storage

server

bezel.

d.

Push

the

tray

handle

down

until

it

latches

into

place.

Replacing

hot-swap

hard

disk

drives

Drive

problems

include

any

malfunctions

that

delay,

interrupt,

or

prevent

successful

I/O

activity

between

the

hosts

and

the

hard

disk

drives

in

the

storage

server.

This

includes

transmission

problems

between

the

host

controllers,

the

RAID

controllers,

and

the

drives.

This

section

explains

how

to

replace

a

failed

hard

disk

drive.

Note:

If

you

want

to

remove

a

hard

disk

drive

that

is

not

in

a

failed

or

bypass

state,

always

use

the

DS4000

Storage

Manager

client

program

either

to

place

the

drive

in

a

failed

state

or

to

place

the

array

that

is

associated

with

the

drive

(or

drives)

in

an

offline

state

before

you

remove

the

drive

from

the

enclosure.

Attention:

Failure

to

replace

the

hard

disk

drives

in

their

correct

bays

might

result

in

loss

of

data.

If

you

are

replacing

a

hard

disk

drive

that

is

part

of

a

configured

array

and

logical

drive,

ensure

that

you

install

the

replacement

hard

disk

drive

in

the

correct

bay.

Check

the

hardware

and

software

documentation

that

is

provided

with

your

DS4000

storage

server

to

see

if

there

are

restrictions

regarding

hard

disk

drive

configurations.

Complete

the

following

steps

to

replace

a

hot-swap

hard

disk

drive:

1.

Determine

the

location

of

the

drive

that

you

want

to

remove.

Attention:

Never

hot-swap

a

drive

CRU

when

its

green

Activity

LED

is

flashing.

Hot-swap

a

drive

CRU

only

when

its

amber

Fault

LED

is

on

and

not

flashing

or

when

the

drive

is

inactive

with

the

green

Activity

LED

on

and

not

flashing.

If

the

drive

is

not

in

a

failed

state

(as

indicated

by

its

lit

amber

LED),

manually

fail

the

drive

using

the

Storage

Management

client

before

attempting

to

remove

it

from

the

drive

slot.

2.

Remove

the

drive

CRU:

Figure

63.

Drive

CRU

handle

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