Hot-Swap Drive Replacement; Remove A Hot-Swap Drive - Lenovo ThinkSystem SR650 Maintenance Manual

Hot-swap drive replacement

Use this information to remove and install a hot-swap drive. You can remove or install a hot-swap drive
without powering off the server, which helps you avoid significant interruption to the operation of the system.
Notes:
• The term "hot-swap drive" refers to all the supported types of hot-swap hard disk drives, hot-swap solid-
state drives, and hot-swap NVMe drives.
• Use any documentation that comes with the drive and follow those instructions in addition to the
instructions in this topic. Ensure that you have all the cables and other equipment that are specified in the
documentation that comes with the drive.
• The electromagnetic interference (EMI) integrity and cooling of the server are protected by having all drive
bays covered or occupied. The vacant bays are either covered by an EMI-protective panel or occupied by
drive fillers. When installing a drive, save the removed drive filler in case that you later remove the drive
and need the drive filler to cover the place.
• To avoid damage to the drive connectors, ensure that the top cover is in place and fully closed whenever
you install or remove a drive.

Remove a hot-swap drive

Use this information to remove a hot-swap drive.
Before removing a hot-swap drive:
1. Ensure that you have back up data on your drive, especially if it is part of a RAID array.
• Before you make changes to drives, RAID adapters, drive backplanes, or drive cables, back up all
important data that is stored on the drives.
• Before you remove any component of a RAID array, back up all RAID configuration information.
2. If one or more NVMe drives are to be removed, it is recommended to disable them first in Safely Remove
Hardware and Eject Media (Windows) or filesystem (Linux). See the labels above the drive bays to
determine the type of the drive to remove. If the drive bay numbers come with the term "NVMe," it
indicates that the installed drives are NVMe drives.
3. If the security bezel is installed, remove it. See "Remove the security bezel" on page 92.
Attention: To ensure that there is adequate system cooling, do not operate the server for more than two
minutes without either a drive or a drive filler installed in each bay.
To remove a hot-swap drive, complete the following steps:
Watch the procedure. A video of the removal process is available:
• Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYV5R7hVcs-A25P7vBoGa_wn7D7XTgDS_
• Youku: http://list.youku.com/albumlist/show/id_50483444
Step 1. Slide the release latch to open the drive tray handle.
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