Permanently Removing A Disk Drive Or Solid-State Drive; Preparing The System - IBM Power System 9040-MR9 Manual

Permanently removing a disk drive or solid-state drive from the 9040-MR9
system
Find information about permanently removing disk drives or solid-state drives (SSDs) from the IBM Power
System E950 (9040-MR9) server.
About this task
Note: Removing or replacing this feature is a customer task. You can complete this task yourself, or
contact a service provider to complete the task for you. You might be charged a fee by the service
provider for this service.
If your system is managed by the Hardware Management Console (HMC), use the HMC to remove a part
from the system. For instructions, see Removing a part by using the HMC (www.ibm.com/support/
knowledgecenter/POWER9/p9haj/hmcremove.htm).
If your system is not managed by an HMC, complete the steps in this procedure to permanently remove a
disk drive or SSD.
Preparing the 9040-MR9 system to permanently remove a disk drive or solid-state drive
To prepare the system to permanently remove a disk drive or solid-state drive, complete the steps in this
procedure.
Procedure
1. Back up the data on the drive you plan to remove depending on the operating system you are using.
• AIX: Ensure that all data on that drive or the array that contains the drive is backed up and removed
from the drive.
– If the drive that is being replaced is protected by Raid-5, Raid-6, or Raid-10 and the array remains
functional after removing the drive, it is not necessary to back up or remove data.
– If the drive you are removing is a mirrored drive, you must suspend mirror protection on the drive
before you remove the drive. Contact your system administrator for assistance.
– If the drives are just a bunch of disks (JBOD) or a Raid array that will not remain functional when
the drive is removed (that is, Raid-0), ensure that the disks are in the defined state by
completing the following steps:
a. Remove data access methods from the JBOD or failing array (that is, file systems, databases,
and so on).
b. Delete the array.
c. Unconfigure the JBOD.
• Linux: Ensure that all data on that drive or the array that contains the drive is backed up and
removed from the drive.
– If the drive that is being replaced is protected by RAID, it is not necessary to back up or remove
data.
– If the drive you are removing is mirrored, you need to break the mirror before you remove the
drive. Contact your system administrator for assistance.
– If the drives are just a bunch of disks (JBOD), ensure that the disks are in the defined state.
2. Review the drive slot and service indicator locations. The disk drive and SSD slots are located in the
front of the system.
Figure 19 on page 32 and Figure 20 on page 33 show the disk drive or solid-state drive slot
locations and the service indicator locations for a 9040-MR9 system.
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