Removing A Hot-Swap Storage Drive - IBM 8038 Installation And User Manual

The blade server has two storage bays for installing hot-swap storage drives. One
storage drive might already be installed in the blade server in storage bay 0. If the
blade server is equipped with one storage drive, you can install an additional drive
in storage bay 1. The blade server supports using RAID 0 or RAID 1 when two
storage drives of the same interface type are installed. See "Creating a RAID array
of hard disk drives" on page 60 for information about SAS RAID configuration.
To install a hot-swap storage drive or drive filler, complete the following steps.
1. Before you begin, read "Safety" on page v and "Installation guidelines" on
2. Identify the storage bay (storage bay 0 or storage bay 1) in which the hot-swap
3. If a storage-drive filler is installed, remove it from the blade server by pulling
4. Touch the static-protective package that contains the hot-swap storage drive to
5. Open the release lever on the hot-swap storage drive and slide the drive into
6. Lock the hot-swap storage drive into place by closing the release lever.
If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to
"Completing the installation" on page 43.

Removing a hot-swap storage drive

Use this information to remove a hot-swap storage drive.
The blade server has two hot-swap storage bays for installing or removing
hot-swap storage devices. To remove a hot-swap hard disk drive or drive filler,
complete the following steps.
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storage drive will be installed (see "Blade server connectors" on page 15).
the release lever and sliding the filler away from the blade server (see
"Removing a hot-swap storage drive").
any unpainted metal surface on the BladeCenter unit or any unpainted metal
surface on any other grounded rack component; then, remove the hard disk
drive from the package.
the storage bay until it is firmly seated in the connector.