Removing 3.5-Inch Hdd Modules; Preliminary Steps - Fujitsu PRIMERGY TX300 S8 Upgrade And Maintenance Manual

Hard disk drives / solid state drives
7.3.7

Removing 3.5-inch HDD modules

Customer Replaceable Unit
(CRU)
Tools: tool-less
7.3.7.1

Preliminary steps

Ê If the HDD / SSD module to be removed is combined into a RAID array,
please proceed as follows:
RAID level
RAID 0
RAID 1
RAID 5
In order to permanently remove an operational HDD module that is part of a
RAID array from the server, you first need to delete the array using
ServerView RAID Manager.
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CAUTION!
All data on all HDDs / SSDs in the array will be lost! Be sure to back
up your data before deleting a RAID array.
For further information, please refer to the "ServerView Suite RAID
Management" user guide.
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Procedure
Only remove an HDD module combined in a RAID 0
array if defective.
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CAUTION!
Removing an operational HDD module will
result in data loss!
Removing an HDD module from a RAID 1 or RAID 5
array will not result in data loss.
However, the removed drive needs to be replaced
immediately by an HDD module of the same or larger
capacity.
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After replacing the HDD module, RAID rebuild
will be performed as a background process as
described in section
rebuild" on page
Upgrade and Maintenance Manual
Average task duration:
5 minutes
"Performing a RAID array
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TX300 S8 / RX350 S8