Removing A Unit Through 3Dm - 3Ware 9650SE-2LPML User Manual

Chapter 8. Configuring Units

Removing a Unit Through 3DM

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Note:
You can also remove a drive, if you want to force a degrade on a redundant
unit, or if you want to remove a drive from the "Available Drives" list so that you can
then remove it from the system. For more information, see "Removing a Drive" on
page 130.
In 3DM, the command for deleting a unit is on the
sure to follow steps 1 and 2 in the instructions before using the Remove
command.
To remove a unit through 3DM
Note:
If you do not have hot swap carriers, you do not need to
remove a unit via 3DM. Simply power down the system and remove
the applicable drives. Refer to your system's user guide for details on
removing fixed disks. If you do have hot swap carriers, follow the
steps below.
1 Make sure the operating system is not accessing the unit you want to
remove.
For example, make sure you are not copying files to the unit, and make
sure that there are no applications with open files on that unit.
2 Unmount the unit.
This step is very important.
it, it is the equivalent of physically yanking a hard drive out from under
the operating system. You could lose data, the system could hang, or the
controller could reset.
Under Windows, go to
, and select
Management
letter for the unit.
Under Linux and FreeBSD, you can unmount the unit with this command:
umount <mount location>
3 In 3DM, choose
Management > Maintenance
4 In the
Unit Maintenance
you want to remove and click
5 When a message asks you to confirm, click OK.
The unit number and information is removed from the
in 3DM.
Maintenance
If a unit is not unmounted and you remove
Start > Administrative Tools > Computer
Remove the logical drive
Disk Management.
table on the Maintenance page, select the unit
Remove Unit .
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Maintenance