IBM pSeries 7311 D10 Service Manual page 159

Hot-Plug Disk Drive Removal
Attention: The Linux operating system does not support these hot-plug procedures. Also, Linux does not
support hot-plugging any hot-pluggable PCI adapters. Systems with Linux installed on one or more
partitions must be shut down and powered off before replacing any PCI adapter assigned to a Linux
partition. Follow the non-hot-pluggable adapter procedures when replacing a PCI adapter in any partition
with Linux installed.
Attention: Before you perform the following procedure, ensure that the customer has taken appropriate
actions to back up the data for the drive you are removing, and that the drive has been removed from the
configuration. Physically removing a hot-plug drive from the system before it has been removed from the
system configuration can cause unrecoverable data corruption. Refer to "Deconfiguring (Removing) or
Configuring a Disk Drive" on page 141.
To remove a hot-plug disk drive, do the following:
1. Before removing the disk, ensure that all data has been saved.
2. Deconfigure the drive that you are removing from the system. See "Deconfiguring (Removing) or
Configuring a Disk Drive" on page 141.
3. Open the rack front door.
4. Remove the front bezel as described in "Front Bezel Removal" on page 116.
5. Locate the hot-plug disk drive you plan to remove. If you are removing a faulty disk drive, a lit amber
LED located at the front right side of each disk drive will help you isolate the faulty drive. Before
physically removing any disk drive, do the following:
a. Log in as root user.
b. At the command line, type smitty.
c. Select System Storage Management (Physical and Logical Storage).
d. Select Removable Disk Management.
e. Select Remove a Disk.
f. Select the desired disk from the list on the screen and press Enter.
6. Remove the disk drive by placing the handle on the disk drive into the open position (perpendicular to
the drive).
7. Pull the hot-plug disk drive out of the disk drive bay. The lit LED on the disk drive will turn off when the
disk drive is removed.
8. Press F10 to exit smitty.
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