Installing Hot-Swap Drives - IBM Netfinity EXP300 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Drive LEDs Each drive bezel has two LEDs, which indicate the status for that
Filler panel
Hard disk drives

Installing hot-swap drives

Use the following procedure to install drives in the expansion unit. You can install
additional drives while the expansion unit is turned on.
Note:
Activity LED
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Attention: If you re-install a drive in the wrong bay, you could lose data.
particular drive. The drive LED states and descriptions are as follows:
LED
Activity LED
Fault LED
Fault LED
Expansion units are shipped without a full set of drives (14). They contain
filler panels in the unused drive bays. Before installing new drives, you must
remove the filler panels, which should be saved. Each of the 14 bays must
always contain either a filler panel or a drive CRU.
You can install only slim hot-swap drive CRUs in the EXP300 expansion unit.
If you are replacing a drive, see "Replacing hot-swap drives" on page 20.
1. Read the instructions that come with the drive CRU.
2. Check for fault LEDs. If any amber LEDs are lit, refer to "Symptom-to-FRU
index" on page 7.
Drive CRU
Latch
Fault LED
LED State
Green/flashing
Amber/flashing
Amber On
Filler panel
Tray handle
Description
Flashes during
read/write or inquiry
operations to the drive
Flashes to indicate a
drive rebuild is under
way, or that a drive has
been identified by
software
On to indicate a drive
failure