Replacing 3.5-Inch Hard Disk Drive - NEC NovaScale R630 User Manual

Replacing 3.5-inch Hard Disk Drive

Follow the procedure below to remove the failed hard disk. If the hard disk fails, it should be replaced with new device
with the server powered-on.
IMPORTANT:
Make sure to read "ANTI-STATIC MEASURES" and "PREPARING YOUR SYSTEM FOR
UPGRADE" before starting installing or removing options. You can replace disks during continuous operation.
Replacing the Hard Disk Drive
1.
Locate the failed hard disk.
When a hard disk fails, the DISK ACCESS LED on the hard disk drive's handle illuminates amber.
2.
Remove the failed hard disk referring to "Replacing Failed Hard Disk Drives" on page 3-21 and "Removing
3.5-inch Hard Disk Drive" on page 8-8.
No need to shut down Windows Server 2003.
3.
Refer to the steps in "Installing 3.5-inch Hard Disk Drive" to install a new hard disk.
CHECK:
The hard disk to be installed for replacement must have the same specifications as its mirroring hard disk.
After disk physical format, refer to "Disk Operation" in Chapter 3 and restore the dual configuration. For
physical format, see "SAS BIOS ~Adaptec SAS/SATA Configuration Utility~" in Chapter 4, "System
Configuration," and format disks with Disk Utilities. To format disks, select "Server," "Monitoring
Configuration" and set "Option ROM Scan Monitoring" to Disabled." For how to configure the setting, see
"System BIOS ~ SETUP ~" in Chapter 4, "System Configuration."
4.
Restore the redundant configuration (see Chapter 3).
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